On average, 25 children and young people die in the ACT each year.
The majority - 65% - are infants under the age of one.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for young people in the ACT ages 13 to 17, similar to national data.
We are an independent multidisciplinary committee working towards the reduction of preventable deaths of children and young people in the ACT.
We achieve this by:
- maintaining a register of all deaths of children in the ACT from ages 0 to 17
- reviewing the circumstances of child deaths
- making recommendations to improve policy, legislation and systems supporting children and families
- conducting research to understand risk and protective factors of local child deaths
- working with ACT community partners to share findings and promote prevention efforts.
