Paediatric and perinatal deaths by the Office of the Irish State Pathologists: a 5-year retrospective cohort study

Homicide was the leading cause of referred cases at 31% over 2018-2022 and 29% between 2012-2022. While the OSP provides a high standard service, key areas of improvement include the reporting of SIDS, the anthropometric reference values and the integration of PP and FP reports. Analysis of child mortality data and statistics in Ireland would be improved with the implementation of a single reporting database.