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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 5-2 Child Fatalities, 2000

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

State	Child Population	CPS Reported Child Fatalities	Child Fatalities Reported in Agency File	Total Child Fatalities	Fatalities per 100,000 Children
Alabama	1,123,422	27	Blank Cell	27	2.40
Alaska	190,717	8	Blank Cell	8	4.19
Arizona	1,366,947	7	0	7	0.51
Arkansas	680,369	12	Blank Cell	12	1.76
California	9,249,829	30	23	30	0.32
Colorado	1,100,795	31	Blank Cell	31	2.82
Connecticut	841,688	4	4	8	0.95
Delaware	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
District of Columbia	114,992	5	Blank Cell	5	4.35
Florida	3,646,340	65	Blank Cell	65	1.78
Georgia	2,169,234	45	Blank Cell	45	2.07
Hawaii	295,767	3	Blank Cell	3	1.01
Idaho	369,030	1	Blank Cell	1	0.27
Illinois	3,245,451	61	15	776	2.34
Indiana	1,574,396	40	4	44	2.79
Iowa	733,638	10	3	13	1.77
Kansas	712,993	7	Blank Cell	7	0.98
Kentucky	994,818	21	0	21	2.11
Louisiana	1,219,799	30	6	36	2.95
Maine	301,238	2	1	3	1.00
Maryland	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Massachusetts	1,500,064	Blank Cell	4	4	0.27
Michigan	2,595,767	Blank Cell	49	49	1.89
Minnesota	1,286,894	21	Blank Cell	21	1.63
Mississippi	775,187	12	Blank Cell	12	1.55
Missouri	1,427,692	48	Blank Cell	48	3.36
Montana	230,062	2	Blank Cell	2	0.87
Nebraska	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Nevada	511,799	3	Blank Cell	3	0.59
New Hampshire	309,562	9	Blank Cell	9	2.91
New Jersey	2,087,558	25	12	37	1.77
New Mexico	508,574	6	Blank Cell	6	1.18
New York	4,690,107	79	Blank Cell	79	1.68
North Carolina	1,964,047	47	Blank Cell	47	2.39
North Dakota	160,849	0	Blank Cell	0	0.00
Ohio	2,888,339	Blank Cell	58	58	2.01
Oklahoma	892,360	Blank Cell	45	45	5.04
Oregon	846,526	21	Blank Cell	21	2.48
Pennsylvania	2,922,221	38	Blank Cell	38	1.30
Rhode Island	247,822	3	Blank Cell	3	1.21
South Carolina	1,009,641	20	Blank Cell	20	1.98
South Dakota	202,649	6	Blank Cell	6	2.96
Tennessee	1,398,521	3	Blank Cell	3	0.21
Texas	5,886,759	177	Blank Cell	177	3.01
Utah	718,698	12	Blank Cell	12	1.67
Vermont	147,523	1	0	1	0.68
Virginia	1,738,262	29	Blank Cell	29	1.67
Washington	1,513,843	7	7	14	0.92
West Virginia	402,393	4	0	4	0.99
Wisconsin	1,368,756	10	Blank Cell	10	0.73
Wyoming	128,873	1	2	1	0.78
Total/Rate	bold70,292,811	bold960	bold267	bold1,201	bold1.71
Number Reporting	bold48	bold41	bold21	bold48	bold48

The rate of fatalities per 100,000 children, 1.71, is based on the child population of only those States that provided data This rate was applied to the total U.S. population, resulting in a national estimate of 1,236. These deaths were reported to CPS agencies and, in some instances, might have included deaths identified by such other agencies as a coroner's office or a fatality review board.

This table lists each State in the first column and the child population in the second column. The third column reports the number of fatalities according to the CPS and the fourth column accounts for the fatalities as reported by other (non-CPS) agencies. The fifth column adds the two previous columns together for a number of total child fatalities. The last column has calculated a number of fatalities per 100,000 children in each State. The rate for the entire nation was calculated to be 1.71 fatalities per 100,000 children.

 

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