Health Statistics Quarterly contains commentary on the latest health findings; topical articles illustrated with colour charts and diagrams, and regularly updated statistical graphs and tables. It also highlights trends in health, and details the latest quarterly information on deaths, childhood mortality, cancer survival, abortions, congenital anomalies and morbidity. This issue includes coverage of: An analysis of legally uncertified deaths in England and Wales, 1979-2002 - examines the circumstances under which deaths become legally uncertified and presents information on their characteristics and recent trends, by Julie Gastrell, Clare Griffiths and Tim Devis Inequalities in infant mortality: trends by social class, registration status, mother’s age and birthweight, England and Wales, 1976-2000 - examines trends in inequalities in infant mortality in England and Wales between 1976 and 2000. It describes variations in neonatal, postneonatal and infant mortality by father’s social class, mother’s age, registration status, birthweight and multiplicity, by Joanne Maher and Alison Macfarlane Trends in waiting time to date and total time waited: are the sources compatible? - investigates whether results from the Department of Health Waiting list and Hospital Episodes Statistics are consistent, by Sheila Dixon, Department of Health Mortality in Children aged under 8 - examines deaths of children aged under 8 in England and Wales by risk factors collected at birth registration. These include birthweight, multiple birth status, father’s social class, mother’s age, mother’s country of birth and parent’s marital status, by Tania Corbin, Office for National Statistics Reports on: Conceptions in England and Wales, 2002 Infant and perinatal mortality by social and biological factors, 2003 Life expectancy at birth by local authorities in the United Kingdom, 1991-1993 and 2001-2003