About Us
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention is the national resource and data center for Fetal and Infant Mortality Review and Child Death Review.
The Center has four major objectives:
- Provide leadership, training and technical support to the CDR and FIMR programs.
- Manage a National Case Reporting System that will promote high quality FIMR and CDR data collection, analysis and dissemination to local, state and national audiences.
- Promote coordination among review processes.
- Build partnerships at the state and local level to move CDR and FIMR review findings into recommendations and actions that will improve agency systems and prevent deaths and serious injuries.
Review Programs
There are more than 1,350 Child Death Review Teams in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Navajo Nation. There are 173 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Teams in 29 states. There are also programs in other countries.
Our 2017 Status Reports are available for both FIMR and CDR.
Check out our “FIMR to Action” PDF: A Compilation of Actions taken by Fetal and Infant Mortality Review in the United States, 2016
Find information on these CDR and FIMR teams
News/Events
Click here for our Compilation of COVID-19 Resources for MCH Professionals
Click here for our training modules.
Click here for our guidance on Planning For Remote Fatality Reviews
Download a PDF of our March 2020 Newsletter.
Free webinars hosted by the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention
Webinar: Pregnancy and Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: Wed, April 29, 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Content: The primary strategies to combat COVID-19, physical distancing and stay-at-home orders, may be placing victims and survivors of domestic violence at even greater risk.
Details: Details can be found in this PDF
Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RC_wbJ4TTNGRIi3LlhQNPQ
Webinar: NFR-CRS VERSION 5.1 UPDATES
Date: Wed, May 6, 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Content: Join the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention staff for a webinar introducing version 5.1 of the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS).
Details: Details can be found in this PDF
Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kXduNru1SbazvVTGKlu60A
CDR Process
Find information, tools and resources to build, maintain and evaluate an effective CDR team or program.
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FIMR Process
Find information, tools and resources to build, maintain and evaluate an effective FIMR team or program.
Data
Search for mortality data and learn more about the National Fatality Review Case Reporting System.
Causes
Search for information by specific cause of deaths and learn about effective prevention strategies.
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