An annual review of the Registrar General on childhood, infant and perinatal deaths, in England and Wales, this journal contains detailed analyses of all stillbirths, infant and perinatal deaths and data on deaths of children aged under-16 by cause of death, sex and age-group. It also analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting stillbirths and infant deaths, obtained by linking the baby's death record with the corresponding birth record - father's social class, age and country of birth of mother, previous children born within the marriage, and birthweight. Cause of death is coded to the International Classification of Diseases, ICD. The 2001 volume is the first to be coded to the Tenth Revision, ICD-10.