A description of trends in child deaths reviewed by the Colorado Child Fatality Prevention Review Team and, as required in statute, specific recommendations for changes in laws or policies most likely to reduce child deaths in Colorado.

The death of a child should invoke a community response. The circumstances involved in most child deaths are multidimensional, and responsibility rarely resides in one place. The ultimate purpose of child death review is to keep children and youth alive. By understanding how and why children die, our communities can take action to prevent other similar deaths. Local child fatality prevention review teams should make sure that every child death that...