Statistical Report 2017-2021 reports on 5-years of Child Death & Serious Injury Review Committee child death data from the Child Death Register.
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 dissemination of information about child deaths.
This report includes a summary and overview of child deaths in South Australia. The analysis presents the principal factors known to be associated with the risk of child death and with discrepancies in rates of child death between different parts of the population.
