Preventable Child Deaths
  
Location20012002200320042005200620072008
Montgomery3132302226252427

 Excel Download    

This indicator is intended to focus attention on the vulnerability of our children and the effectiveness of our efforts to keep them safe. Since 2001, the Montgomery County Child Fatality Review Board has been determining whether each death it reviews is preventable. The definition of preventability as set forth in the Ohio Administrative Code means "the degree to which an individual or community could have reasonably done something that would have changed the circumstances that led to the child's death." From 2001 to 2004 the Review Board used the four categories provided by the state of Ohio: "Preventable," "Somewhat Preventable," "Not Preventable" or "Not Sure." In its 2004 Report, that FCFC began reporting "Preventable" and "Somewhat Preventable" child deaths as determined by the Review Board as opposed to just "Child Deaths" as we had done in previous years. Beginning in 2005 the state switched to three categories reflecting the answers to the question "Could the death have been prevented?" The three answers are "No, probably not", "Yes, probably" and "The Team could not determine." Now we are reporting the number of child deaths for which the Review Board’s answer is “Yes, probably” and we will track this in sequence with the “Preventable” number for 2001 through 2004. As a result of these changes,we will no longer be reporting on “Somewhat Preventable” deaths; a total of two deaths were determined by the Review Board to be in this category for the years 2001 through 2004.
 
 

Montgomery

Locality Type:     Location: