Criteria For Child Fatality Review

• Sudden unexplained death, age less than one year
  
  
• Unexplained/undetermined manner of death, age greater than one year
  
  
• Children's Division history of the decedent or other persons in the residence
  
  
• Decedent in Children's Division custody
  
  
• Possible inadequate supervision
  
  
• Possible malnutrition or delay in seeking medical care
  
  
• Possible suicide
  
  
• Possible inflicted injury
  
  
• Firearm injury
  
  
• Injury not witnessed by person in charge at time of injury
  
  
• Confinement (i.e. refrigerator)
  
  
• Suspicious/criminal activity
  
  
• Drowning
  
  
• Suffocation or strangulation
  
  
• Poisoning/chemical/drug ingestion
  
  
• Severe unexplained injury
  
  
• Pedestrian/bicycle/driveway injury
  
  
• Motor vehicle injury
  
  
• Suspected sexual assault
  
  
• Fire injury
  
  
• Autopsy by certified child death pathologist
  
  
• Panel discretion
  
  
• Other suspicious findings (injuries such as electrocution, crush, or fall)