Approximately 40 percent of the U.S. population lives in counties or States serviced by such teams. Multiagency child death review is characterized by a multidisciplinary and systematic process to coordinate and integrate data and resources from a number of professionals: coroners, law enforcement, courts, child protective services, and health care providers. The unique factors and magnitude of suspicious child deaths are discussed and the concept and process of interagency child death review is introduced here. The authors recommend future expansion and refinement of the process in order to prevent deaths and serious injuries to children from child abuse and neglect. 31 notes