Local authority characteristics
| LA characteristics, median (min–max) | 2006/2007 (n=131) | 2007/2008 (n=131) | 2008/2009 (n=131) | 2009/2010 (n=131) | 2010/2011 (n=131) | 2011/2012 (n=131) | 2012/2013 (n=131) | 2013/2014 (n=131) |
| Number of singleton live births recorded in HES APC | 3288 (323–16 076) | 3416 (299–16 687) | 3454 (295–16 847) | 3516 (309–16 722) | 3552 (264–16 734) | 3550 (298–17 132) | 3440 (333–16 932) | 3415 (303–16 438) |
| Rate of infant entry to care (per 10 000) | 72.76 (0.00–240.00) | 66.25 (8.83–184.70) | 72.99 (4.62–197.18) | 79.19 (0.00–280.26) | 81.89 (4.51–195.74) | 90.16 (10.26–253.56) | 93.05 (0.00–318.51) | 90.14 (13.94–269.50) |
| LA population size | 56 455 (8000–313 364) | 56 783 (8140–315 580) | 57 453 (8114–317 556) | 58 339 (7995–318 654) | 58 570 (8079–320 618) | 59 039 (8031–322 743) | 60 307 (7809–324 341) | 60 426 (7795–326 092) |
| % of live births with maternal history of ARA | 2.73 (0.52–10.07) | 2.89 (0.95–8.91) | 3.15 (1.19–9.09) | 3.66 (0.90–9.36) | 4.33 (1.49–11.14) | 5.21 (1.43–12.53) | 6.15 (1.71–15.94) | 7.01 (3.12–16.19) |
| % of live births where mother <20 years old | 7.01 (1.14–14.50) | 6.82 (1.46–14.13) | 6.58 (1.35–12.82) | 6.44 (1.50–13.89) | 5.72 (1.17–11.89) | 5.39 (1.13–10.77) | 5.16 (1.30–9.93) | 4.33 (0.87–8.49) |
| % of live births where maternal LSOA history within the 10% most deprived LSOAs in England | 14.46 (0.00–60.18) | 14.98 (0.00–60.46) | 14.64 (0.00–61.92) | 15.33 (0.00–60.90) | 14.87 (0.00–60.36) | 14.75 (0.11–61.21) | 14.47 (0.00–61.52) | 14.72 (0.24–60.68) |
| % of live births where child has a congenital anomaly | 1.64 (0.60–3.34) | 1.64 (0.84–3.25) | 1.62 (0.60–2.74) | 1.78 (0.84–3.68) | 1.78 (0.93–3.19) | 1.81 (1.06–3.38) | 1.83 (1.11–3.61) | 1.93 (1.03–3.22) |
| % of live births with low birth weight | 6.26 (4.22–9.94) | |||||||
| % of dependent child households with lone parent | 18.31 (9.78–30.94) | |||||||
| Rate of violent crime (per 100 LA residents) | 1.14 (0.52–3.17) |
The median LA value is presented as many of the explanatory measures are non-normally distributed.
ARA, adversity-related hospital admission; HES APC, Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care; LA, local authority; LSOA, lower-layer super output area.