Arizona Child Fatality Report highlights a rise in preventable deaths

Arizona officials recently released the annual “Arizona Child Fatality Report,” highlighting some key information from the past year.

According to the report, roughly half of the deaths are preventable, with the majority of fatalities including motor vehicle crashes, firearms and suffocation. However, more children are dying from infectious diseases that vaccines might have prevented. This past year, 109 children died of infectious diseases, compared to 93 the year prior.

Lexi Benner, Injury Prevention Specialist at Phoenix Children’s, and Dr. Jon McGreevy, Div. Chief of Emergency Medicine at Phoenix Children’s, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss general trends, takeaways and reminders for parents following the release of the report.