The "955 Transition Files" of the former Children's Commission – November 2006 Summary of the review completed by the BC Coroners Service Child Death Review Unit of “955 child death cases” that were reported to exist as either files pending an investigation or as electronic files within the Children's Commission at the time that agency was disbanded in September 2002.
2007 Annual Report - Child Death Review Unit
The report looks at common risk factors among 395 deaths involving children and youth ages one day to 18-years-old that occurred between 1999 and 2007, and issues recommendations that aim to prevent future child deaths. The review determined 126 deaths were preventable and of those deaths, the cause most often cited as responsible for the loss of life were 58 transport related incidents.
2006 Annual Report - Child Death Review Unit
While motor vehicle incidents remain the main reason why B.C. children die accidentally, for the first time, suicide is now the second leading cause of preventable death, according to annual report data released by the Child Death Review Unit (CDRU) of the BC Coroners Service.
2005 Annual Report - Child Death Review Unit
First CDRU Annual Report chronicling its work from 2003 - 2005. It is the result of ongoing aggregate review of both descriptive and statistical information relating to children’s deaths, providing important insight into some of the causative and contributory factors that lead to deaths of infants and young people.
– November 2006 Summary of the review completed by the BC Coroners Service Child Death Review Unit of “955 child death cases” that were reported to exist as either files pending an investigation or as electronic files within the Children's Commission at the time that agency was disbanded in September 2002.
