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Child fatality review: Mohave and La Paz counties cite motor‑vehicle crashes, unsafe sleep and drowning among leading causes
Summary
Mohave County’s child fatality review for 2023 (covering Mohave and La Paz counties) recorded 29 child deaths in the two counties and emphasized that small annual counts require multi‑year analysis to identify preventable causes.
Anna Scherzer, the county epidemiologist, told the board the child fatality review covers Mohave and La Paz counties and that 2023 yielded 29 child deaths in the two counties (23 in Mohave, six in La Paz). She cautioned that small counts make year‑to‑year changes difficult to interpret and therefore the team commonly examines five‑year aggregates to identify patterns.
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