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.
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
Please note this is no longer our most recent data release. You can find a list of all our data releases in our Publications section. The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) was notified of 3,470 child deaths in England between April 2021 and March 2022, 396 more...
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...
![Child suicide rates during the Covid-19 pandemic in England [Elsevier]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/depressed-youth-400x250.png)
Child suicide rates during the Covid-19 pandemic in England [Elsevier]
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)
Child deaths in England after Covid-19 infection during the first pandemic year [Nature]
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...
Child death review data release 2021
Please note this is no longer our most recent data release. You can find a list of all our data releases in our Publications section. The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) was notified of 3,068 child deaths in England between April 2020 and March 2021. In the...