LAS VEGAS -- A second year of research shows that the most common form of child death can be prevented.

According to the Child Death Review released by the Clark County Manager's Office Tuesday, the most common forms of death among children -- at 42.6 percent -- are accidental causes.

Death by motor vehicle/transportation leads the pack with 16.8 percent of those cases, followed by weapons at 13.5 percent and suffocation and strangulation at 12.9 percent.

Many children also died from drowning and suicide, the report said.

The Child Death Review allows city officials to analyze trends in child death data at a local level, which will help them to create prevention programs.

The report also stated that additional research needs to be conducted in the areas of risk factors for infant deaths, racial disparities, child welfare and gang involvement.

County officials appointed 52 members from law enforcement, government and the community to the committee to complete the report. Those people reviewed 155 cases of child deaths, which represented about 57 percent of child fatalities in Clark County in 2007 and classified each death according to manner of death.

To read the full report, you can visit the County's Web site or the Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy Web site.