Publications
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.
The NCMD’s impact in 2022
This report explores the impact of the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) programme in 2022. 2022 was an exciting year for the NCMD. Now in our second year of sharing findings and analysis, we were once again able to travel to meetings and conferences to share...
![Child Mortality in England During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic [JAMA]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4546132-400x250.jpg)
Child Mortality in England During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic [JAMA]
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which looks at how child mortality changed over the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.Previous research including work from the NCMD has shown that child...
![What is the relationship between deprivation, modifiable factors and childhood deaths? [BMJ]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/edward-howell-zuel-45OtJo-unsplash-400x250.jpg)
What is the relationship between deprivation, modifiable factors and childhood deaths? [BMJ]
BMJ first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which identifies links between social deprivation and childhood mortality, and identifies potential points where public health, social and education interventions, or health policy may be best targeted.The...
Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Infancy and Childhood
This report draws on data from the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) to investigate sudden, unexpected and unexplained deaths in both infants and children and young people, and to draw out learning and recommendations for service providers and policymakers.When...
Child death review data release 2022
This data release covers child deaths notified and reviewed between 2021 and 2022, and gives readers an opportunity to explore comprehensive child death review data for themselves. The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) was notified of 3,470 child deaths in...
The Contribution of Newborn Health to Child Mortality across England
This report draws on data from the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) to investigate how illness around the time of birth affects the health of children up to the age of 10, and to draw out learning and recommendations for service providers and policymakers.When...
Meaningful Engagement with Real People: A case study on how lived experience can be included in research reports
In this case study we look at how lived experience of the issues under study can be brought into research reports. Drawing on the views of those involved in the production of our thematic report on suicide among children and young people, the case study draws out four...
![Which children are most vulnerable to serious Covid infection? Risk factors for intensive care admission and death among children hospitalised with Covid [Nature]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/covid-vulnerable-children-400x250.jpg)
Which children are most vulnerable to serious Covid infection? Risk factors for intensive care admission and death among children hospitalised with Covid [Nature]
Nature Medicine first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which identifies the children and young people most vulnerable to serious infection with Coronavirus by examining hospitalisations and deaths in England from February 2019 to January 2021.Which...
The NCMD’s impact in 2021
This report explores the impact of the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) programme in 2021. 2021 was a special year for the NCMD. Though the programme began in 2018, 2021 was the first year that we had sufficient data to begin sharing learning to fulfil our...
![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)
Child mortality in England during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic [BMJ]
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...