NCMD Second Annual Report: Child Deaths in England, 2019-2020

3,347 child deaths in England from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, equating to approximately 28 deaths per 100,000 children. The report was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England and is published by the Government Digital Service. It analyzes characteristics of these deaths to inform future improvements in child health outcomes.

Use Cases

• Analyze child mortality rates based on the reported 28 deaths per 100,000 children.
• Study temporal and demographic patterns of child deaths based on the 2019-2020 period.
• Inform healthcare policy and intervention strategies based on the analysis of death characteristics.

Strengths

• Contains analysis of 3,347 specific child death records.
• Provides a clear temporal coverage from April 2019 to March 2020.
• Commissioned by an official healthcare body (HQIP/NHS England).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying raw data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England.

Collection Method

Analysis of child death data.

Time Range

1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

England