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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 5-7 Child Fatality Victims by Prior Contact with CPS, 2000

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

State	Child Victims Who Died As a Result of Maltreatment in States that Reported on Prior Contact with CPS	Child Victims Who Died from Maltreatment and Whose Families Received Family Preservation Services in the Past 5 Years	Child Victims Who Died from Maltreatment and Had Been Reunited with Their Families in the Past 5 Years
Alabama	27	6	0
Alaska	8	3	1
Arizona	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Arkansas	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
California	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Colorado	31	1	1
Connecticut	8	0	0
Delaware	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
District of Columbia	5	0	1
Florida	65	16	0
Georgia	45	Blank Cell	1
Hawaii	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Idaho	1	0	0
Illinois	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Indiana	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Iowa	13	0	0
Kansas	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Kentucky	21	Blank Cell	1
Louisiana	36	3	0
Maine	3	0	0
Maryland	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Massachusetts	4	1	0
Michigan	49	7	2
Minnesota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Mississippi	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Missouri	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Montana	2	0	0
Nebraska	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Nevada	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
New Hampshire	9	0	0
New Jersey	37	0	0
New Mexico	6	1	Blank Cell
New York	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
North Carolina	47	0	Blank Cell
North Dakota	0	0	0
Ohio	58	23	2
Oklahoma	45	3	1
Oregon	21	7	3
Pennsylvania	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Rhode Island	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
South Carolina	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
South Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Tennessee	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Texas	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Utah	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Vermont	1	0	0
Virginia	29	Blank Cell	0
Washington	14	Blank Cell	1
West Virginia	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Wisconsin	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Wyoming	1	0	0
Total	bold586	bold71	bold14
Percent of Fatalities	Blank Cell	bold14.9	bold2.6
Number Reporting	bold27	bold23	bold25

Percent of fatalities for each of the two types of prior contact is based only on the fatalities in States that reported prior family preservation services (N=477) or prior reunification (N=533), respectively.

This table first lists the name of each State in the first column. The second column lists the numbers of child victims who died as a result of maltreatment in States that reported prior contact with CPS. Among the 27 reporting States, this total was 586. The third column reports the numbers of child victims who died from maltreatment and whose families received family preservation services in the past five years. Among the 23 reporting States, this total was 71. The fourth column lists the number of child victims who dies from maltreatment and had been reunited with their families in the past 5 years. Among the 25 reporting States, this total was 14 fatalities.

 

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