Associations between childhood deaths and adverse childhood experiences: An audit of data from a child death overview panel.

Background: Despite strong associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poor health, few studies have examined the cumulative impact of ACEs on causes of childhood mortality.

Methods: This study explored if data routinely collected by child death overview panels (CDOPs) could be used to measure ACE exposure and examined associations between ACEs and child death categories. Data covering four years (2012-2016) of cases from a CDOP in North West England were examined.