A three-part paper on child mortality, published in the latest issue of medical journal The Lancet, investigated child deaths in four high-income countries: England, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.
A group of researchers from all four countries found that 20 per cent of child deaths occurring in England between 2010 and 2011 were a result of preventable factors such as accidents, suicide, abuse or neglect.
Child mortality rates were higher in the Midlands and north England and lower in the south and east of England and Wales, the report added.
At an international level, a higher proportion of deaths in older children aged between 15 and 19 were due to external causes such as homicides in the USA, Australia and New Zealand compared with England and Wales.
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