This section provides a comparative overview of the deaths of children and young people in care or known to child protection services since the NRP began operation in 2010.

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Table 4.1. Cause of death summary 2010 to 2021 (includes drug overdose)

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4.2 Deaths from suicide

A total of 62 young people whose deaths were notified to the NRP over the past eleven years died from suicide. This represents nearly a quarter of all notified deaths. Eighteen of the young people who died from suicide were in care or aftercare. The age range was 12 years to 22, the most prevalent between 15 and 16 years with another high proportion between 17 and 18 years.