National Paediatric Mortality Register (NPMR)

The Paediatric Mortality Register collects and analyses data on all deaths in children <16yrs nationally. Reports provide accurate data on the incidence of all paediatric deaths (aged 28days - 15 completed years);  Deaths by age and gender  Deaths by place of death- hospital v elsewhere  Death by cause of death category  Annual trends in cod categories- highlight lack of decline in suicide rates, stabilisation of SIDS rates, high rates of injury deaths resulting from NAI in young children (parental mental health issue)  Comparison with international data. An element of quantitative analysis relating to the narrative description provided at the end of autopsy reports. **Purpose:** To provide accurate up to date information on mortality in Ireland to include all deaths in children <16yrs but does not include deaths occurring in maternity hospitals. In scope: In-hospital deaths of children aged up to 15 completed years. Out of scope: children who die outside of hospital, children who die in maternity hospitals. **Coverage:** National data collected on children <2yrs from 1992. Scope of data collection extended to all children <16yrs, initiated in CHI at Temple St and CHI at Tallaght in 2019 and is ongoing with objective to extend to all units nationally.