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 England between April 2021 and March 2022, 396 more than the previous year. In the same period, 2,724 child deaths – which might have occurred during the period or before – were reviewed in detail by child death overview panels.