The Northeast Georgia region tallied twice the number of child deaths in 2013 as the year before for those in the custody of the Division of Family and Children Services, fitting into trends seen statewide. With 16 deaths, the region comprising Hall County and 12 nearby counties doubled the eight deaths seen in calendar year 2012 in new data released by DFCS. The agency held a panel discussion Friday in Atlanta to examine the statistics, with department heads from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Public Health and others attending. “The No.