Pediatric NFR-CRS
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects child abuse and neglect information from the NFR-CRS. Since 2004, there have been 3,216 child abuse and neglect deaths of infants and children, ages 4 and under, reviewed by teams. This Quick-Look will provide further detail about our data.
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The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects information on infants born prematurity from the NFR-CRS. From 2004-2016, there have been over 145,400 child death cases reviewed and entered into the NFR-CRS by participating by teams. This Quick-Look describes over 38,600 infants born prematurely, between 20 and 37 weeks gestation, who died before their first birthday.
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects information on infants who died from child abuse and neglect from the NFR-CRS. From 2004 to 2017 there have been over 4,600 child abuse and neglect deaths among infants reviewed and entered in the CRS by participating teams. This Quick-Look describes infants who died before their first birthday.
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects information on accidental drowning deaths in the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS). From 2004 to 2017 there have been over 5400 accidental drowning deaths to children under age 18 years old reviewed and entered in the CRS by participating teams.
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects information on accidental deaths of pedestrians in the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS). From 2004-2017, child fatality teams reviewed deaths of 2,878 pedestrians ages 1-17 who were struck by motor vehicles.
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects information on sleep-related infant deaths in the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS).
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention collects information on accidental deaths children due to fireplay in the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS). From 2004-2016, child fatality teams reviewed deaths of 1,479 children ages 1-14 who died in accidental fires. Fireplay was responsible for 175 (12%) of the deaths.
Deaths of children due to asthma in the U.S. are rare with approximately 155 deaths/year. But because so many of these deaths are preventable, fatality review data provide a unique perspective to better understand these deaths’ circumstances. From 2005-2017, fatality teams reviewed deaths of 744 children ages 0-17 who died due to asthma.
Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of an infant less than 1 year old in which the cause of death is not immediately apparent. Approximately 3,500 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly each year in the US. From 2004 to 2019, fatality teams in 42 states reviewed 28,110 SUIDs that occurred while the infant was sleeping or in a sleep environment.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its policy recommendations for reducing infant deaths in the sleep environment. Key recommendations on breastfeeding, sleep surface, and sleep location are summarized in this Quick-Look.
