Child Death Reviews in England with Modifiable Factors, Year Ending March 31

England's Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) review child deaths annually. The dataset counts reviewed deaths and those assessed as having modifiable factors. It is produced by the Department for Education as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in child mortality based on annual review counts.
• Analyze the prevalence of modifiable factors in child deaths as mentioned in the description.
• Evaluate the impact of public health interventions on preventable child deaths.
• Support policy development for child safety and welfare programs.

Strengths

• Data is designated as Official Statistics, suggesting a formal production process.
• Focuses on a specific, critical public health metric: child deaths with modifiable factors.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, allowing for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, covering only England.

Provenance

Source

Department for Education

Collection Method

Likely compiled from Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) reports.

Time Range

Covers the year ending 31 March.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:04.268131; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England