Infant homicies: States with Child Death Review boards
Submitted by SHNS on November 13, 2007 - 11:44am.
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The "Saving Babies: Exposing Sudden Infant Death in America" reporting project by Scripps Howard News Service has found that states with aggressive networks of Child Death Review boards are much more likely than other states to detect infant homicides and accidental suffocations. The following show whether each state has no child death review, state review only, local review only or both state and local review.
Alabama ................ Local Alaska ................. State Arizona ................ Both Arkansas ............... State California ............. Local Colorado ............... Both Connecticut ............ State Delaware ............... Both District of Columbia ... State Florida ................ Both Georgia ................ Local Hawaii ................. Local Idaho .................. None Illinois ............... Local Indiana ................ Both Iowa ................... State Kansas ................. State Kentucky ............... Both Louisiana .............. Local Maine .................. State Maryland ............... Local Massachusetts .......... Local Michigan ............... Local Minnesota .............. Both Mississippi ............ State Missouri ............... Local Montana ................ Local Nebraska ............... State Nevada ................. Local New Hampshire .......... State New Jersey ............. Both New Mexico ............. State New York ............... Local North Carolina ......... Both North Dakota ........... State Ohio ................... Local Oklahoma ............... Both Oregon ................. Local Pennsylvania ........... Local Rhode Island ........... State South Carolina ......... Both South Dakota ........... Local Tennessee .............. Local Texas .................. Local Utah ................... State Vermont ................ State Virginia ............... Both Washington ............. Local West Virginia .......... State Wisconsin .............. Local Wyoming ................ Local
Source: The National Center for Child Death Review State Profile Database, February 2007.


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