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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 5-3 Child Fatalities in Foster Care, 2000

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

State	Total Fatalities	CPS Reported Child Fatalities in Foster Care	Child Fatalities in Foster Care (Agency File)	Total Child Fatalities in Foster Care	Percent of Child Fatalities that Occurred in Foster Care
Alabama	27	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Alaska	8	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Arizona	7	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Arkansas	12	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
California	30	Blank Cell	12	12	40.0
Colorado	31	2	Blank Cell	2	6.5
Connecticut	8	Blank Cell	1	1	12.5
Delaware	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
District of Columbia	5	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Florida	65	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Georgia	45	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Hawaii	3	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Idaho	1	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Illinois	76	2	Blank Cell	2	2.6
Indiana	44	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Iowa	13	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Kansas	7	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Kentucky	21	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Louisiana	36	Blank Cell	1	1	2.8
Maine	3	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Maryland	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Massachusetts	4	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Michigan	49	Blank Cell	1	1	2.0
Minnesota	21	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Mississippi	12	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Missouri	48	2	Blank Cell	2	4.2
Montana	2	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Nebraska	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Nevada	3	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
New Hampshire	9	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
New Jersey	37	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
New Mexico	6	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
New York	79	2	Blank Cell	2	2.5
North Carolina	47	Blank Cell	1	1	2.1
North Dakota	0	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Ohio	58	1	Blank Cell	1	1.7
Oklahoma	45	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Oregon	21	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
Pennsylvania	38	2	Blank Cell	2	5.3
Rhode Island	3	0	Blank Cell	0	0.0
South Carolina	20	1	Blank Cell	1	5.0
South Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Tennessee	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Texas	177	1	Blank Cell	1	0.6
Utah	12	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Vermont	1	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Virginia	29	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Washington	14	2	0	2	14.3
West Virginia	4	Blank Cell	1	1	25.0
Wisconsin	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Wyoming	1	Blank Cell	0	0	0.0
Total/Percentage	bold1182	bold15	bold17	bold32	bold2.7
Number Reporting	bold45	bold23	bold23	bold45	bold45

Percentage of fatalities that occurred in foster care is based on total fatalities in States that reported on fatalities in foster care.

This table compares the number of fatalities associated with foster care to all child fatalities. The first column lists all of the States by name and the second lists the total number of fatalities. The third column reports the number of child fatalities from foster care according to CPS and the fourth reports child fatalities from other agencies for a grand total of foster care deaths in the fifth column. The last column gives a percentage of fatalities that occurred in foster care as compared to the total number of fatalities. Among the 45 States reporting, the percentage of fatalities in foster care was calculated to be 2.7 percent.

 

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