Michael J. Durfee, MD, Public Health, UCLA, 210 Starlight Crest, La Canada, CA 91011, 818/3882052, michaeld55@aol.com and Joshua Durfee, Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado MPH Student, 210 Starlight Crest, La Canada, CA 91011.

Suspicious infant death may be noted in criminal justice, health and social services data system. Matching those different record systems adds information on individual deaths and connects agencies that share the same case. The national system of child death review teams adds a fourth data system and a forum to collect and analyze data. Compiling the four data system adds information to understand individual cases, connects agencies, and provides information for system management. Data matching across county and state lines connects case managers from different jurisdictions which is of particular value where there is a high rate of interstate traffic. The FBI-UCR-SHR notes infant homicide and codes the relationship with the perpetrator. Vital statistics uses the word homicide with similar definition including the word intent. Fatal child abuse and neglect is recorded in child protective service data sets at the state level and in a majority of states in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, NCANDS. California data including a match to Reno Nevada and Los Angeles County data reconciliation provide a model for other counties and states. CDC grants fund child death data reconciliation in several states. Infant death data provides a model for all states to join this match with minimal costs. National infant death data will be displayed by state along with a model to explain methodology and value to all child death review teams. Materials will be distributed nationally by the ICAN National Center on Child Fatality Review.

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will be able to
• 1 Define three data systems for infant death
• 2 List three possible benefits from matching data sets
• 3 Locate a data resource for their state

Keywords: Infant Mortality, Violence

Related Web page: ican-ncfr.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.