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Escambia’s Child Death Rate Among State’s Highest
January 7, 2013
A new report says Escambia County has one of the highest child death rates in the state.
The annual Statewide Child Abuse Death Review Committee report shows 100 children died in Escambia County in 2011. Four of those deaths were verified to be the result of child abuse or neglect.
There were only seven counties in Florida reporting more child deaths — all much larger counties like Orange, Duval and Miami-Dade. Only six counties had more children die as the result of child abuse.
In Santa Rosa County, there were seven child deaths reported, with one of those deaths the result of child abuse or neglect.
Statewide, there were 126 child deaths verified to be the result of abuse or neglect in 2011, 62 of those were caused by drowning or unsafe sleeping practices with infants.
So many of these deaths are preventable,” said Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins. “By working together, we can all do more to educate parents and caregivers and prevent these tragedies in the future.”
Some of the report’s findings include the following:
- The number of child deaths in Florida continues to decrease.
- Children under four are at the highest risk of dying, especially from preventable causes such as drowning and co-sleeping.
- Domestic violence intervention in families’ lives can prevent some child abuse deaths.
- Neglect is the leading factor in verified child deaths. Drowning is the top cause.
The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) worked collaboratively with the Statewide Child Abuse Death Review Committee, local death review teams, law enforcement, prosecutors, medical professionals and prevention specialists to identify risk factors associated with these types of deaths and to develop training on preventive measures.
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7 Responses to “Escambia’s Child Death Rate Among State’s Highest”
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REGARDING:
“which is not something you really get with a Republican controlled Legislature.”
True.
Republicans tend to think there are things which should be done by parents and their relatives rather than by BIG GOVERNMENT whereas Democrats tend to think everything should be done by government because it is obvious individuals can’t be expected to be responsible.
David for ready, responsible parents
“By working together, we can all do more to educate parents and caregivers and prevent these tragedies in the future.”
If you get the funding needed to pay for educating the public, which is not something you really get with a Republican controlled Legislature. Just sayin’.
REGARDING:
“Having a child death almost once every three days should be big news.”
News is generally a new thing.
Something that happens every three days is a way of life.
Not that it should be but that it simply is.
David for a better way of life
If you look at the stats more closely you will notice that many of the counties with high death rates include major children’s hospitals and trauma centers. The total number of Esc Co deaths include car wrecks, illness, still births and birth defects that result in death within a couple days of birth, heart problems etc etc etc. If a wreck happens in surrounding counties (Fl or Al) they are flown in to the trauma center at Baptist or brought to Sacred Heart Children’s. Therefore our rates will be higher than surrounding counties.
I wonder if the rate is so high here b/c we have the children’s hospital at Sacred Heart (sick and terminal children). I wonder if they are counting children that are physically here in Escambia, but may not be residents.
Really, 100 deaths in 2011? Surely more of these were criminal acts and not just four of them. Having a child death almost once every three days should be big news.