15% of child deaths linked to infections, new report finds

Fifteen per cent of child deaths in England over the last three years are related to infection, according to a new report published today [14 December] by the University of Bristol ’ s National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) team. The report uses the NCMD ’ s unique data on all child deaths in England to examine 1,507 infection-related deaths between April 2019 and March 2022.
Source: University of Bristol news - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news