by Jago Van Dam | 2 Dec, 2022 | Analysis
In 2017–18 there were 60,400 children and young people living with disability in South Australia. This is 16.7% of the population of children and young people in South Australia and compares to 13.1% of children nationally who live with disability1. Children with...
by Jago Van Dam | 4 May, 2022 | Analysis
The intent of the Committee is to improve the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in South Australia. One of the ways it does this is by identifying opportunities for prevention and intervention through the systematic collection, analysis, and...
by Jago Van Dam | 24 Mar, 2022 | Analysis
Last year, the Committee reported that there was a particularly small number of neonatal deaths in 2019. The Committee noted that this reduction in neonatal deaths did not appear to be random; rather, it appeared to be attributable to fewer deaths associated with...
by Jago Van Dam | 18 Jun, 2021 | Analysis
A reduction in neonatal deaths Eighty-one deaths of children and young people were recorded in 2019 in South Australia. This is the smallest yearly number of deaths recorded since the Child Death and Serious Injury Committee was formed in 2005. The Committee is...
by Peter Stokes | 3 Feb, 2021 | Analysis
On average, 13 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly each year in South Australia. Most of these deaths occur in the infants’ sleep environments, and in almost all cases at least one safe sleeping risk factor is identified. As we discussed in a previous blog post,...
by Peter Stokes | 4 May, 2020 | Analysis
A child or young person’s concept of family and parental responsibility is largely informed by their own experience of being parented. Complex lives The Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee reviewed the deaths of fifteen children whose parents had a history...
