Preventable Child Deaths in England: Year Ending 31 March 2009

Description	This Statistical Release presents data collected from Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) in England. The data collection was introduced from 1 April 2008 and is designed to collect information on the number of child deaths which have been reviewed by Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) on behalf of their LSCBs, and the number of these cases which were assessed as being preventable child deaths. This is the first year of collection. Key Findings LSCBs in England reviewed 2,000 deaths between 01 April 2008 and 31 March 2009, of which 110 were considered to have been preventable (5%). The South West of England has the highest proportion of deaths which were assessed as preventable child deaths (15%) and the North West of England has the lowest proportion (2%). Approximately 41% of all child deaths were reviewed by LSCBs in 2008-09. (Based on the number of deaths registered in 2007. This has been used as an estimate for the total number of child deaths in 2008-09 as in England these numbers do not vary greatly year on year). Summary information has been derived from statistical data supplied by the 144 LSCBs in England. 92 Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) review child deaths on behalf of these LSCBS.
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Coverage Country	England
Date Released	16 July 2009
Main Category	Health, well-being and Care
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Preventable Child Deaths in England: Year Ending 31 March 2009