Our publications section carries all NCMD reports, briefings and data releases. Here you’ll find in-depth analysis of overall child mortality in England, deep dives into specific causes of death with recommendations for improvement in the future, and complete data releases that give you a chance to explore the unique data we hold for yourself.
Sarah and Andrew Malm went through a hospital review process in 2010 following the death of their son Rudy, pictured, who died shortly after birth.by Charlotte Bevan, Senior Research and Prevention Advisor at Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. A newborn...
![Child mortality in England during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic [BMJ]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/23ca53f9-2bf2-463a-810b-48bbf8fb63ed-400x250.jpg)
This paper, published in BMJ’s Archives of disease in Childhood, investigates overall child mortality during the pandemic. Using the National Child Mortality Database’s unique data, it shows that child mortality in the first year of the pandemic was lower than it had...
![Child suicide rates during the Covid-19 pandemic in England [Elsevier]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/depressed-youth-400x250.png)
This paper, published in Elsevier’s Journal of Affective Disorders, uses the National Child Mortality Database’s unique data to show that overall child deaths by suicide did not increase during the Covid-19 pandemic – though there is some evidence that they were...
![Child deaths in England after Covid-19 infection during the first pandemic year [Nature]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Child-covid-400x250.png)
This paper, published in Nature Medicine and based on National Child Mortality Database data, shows that in the first year of the pandemic, 25 children and young people in England died of Covid-19.In the first year of the pandemic, between March 2020 and February...
by Professor Karen Luyt Programme Lead for the National Child Mortality Database and Professor of Neonatal Medicine at the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. Here at the National Child Mortality Database we’re often...
NCMD Programme Lead Professor Karen Luyt shares key findings from the Database's second thematic report, which found that 108 children and young people are likely to have died by suicide between April 2019 and March 2020.
Update 25 November 2021 It has been brought to our attention that this paper has been covered by a number of media outlets using headlines that minimise the deaths of children. Every child death is a tragedy, and we have reached out to the newspapers concerned to ask...
This data release covers child deaths notified and reviewed between 2020 and 2021, and gives readers an opportunity to explore comprehensive child death review data for themselves. The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) was notified of 3,068 child deaths in...
by Dr Nikesh Parekh Public Health Medical Associate and CDOP Chair, Royal Borough of Greenwich and GP, Seaford Medical Practice. Neonatal deaths represent 42% of all child deaths in England. These deaths are not inevitable, but while many countries are making progress...
NCMD Programme Lead Professor Karen Luyt gives an introduction to the Database's thematic report on social deprivation and child mortality, which finds a clear association between the risk of child death and their level of deprivation.