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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 4-1     Child Fatalities, 2002

State	Child Population	Child File and SDC Fatalities	Agency File Fatalities	Total Child Fatalities	Fatalities per 100,000 Children
Alabama	1,107,108	29	Blank Cell	29	2.62
Alaska	192,428	1	Blank Cell	1	0.52
Arizona	1,476,856	21	Blank Cell	21	1.42
Arkansas	677,522	13	Blank Cell	13	1.92
California	9,452,391	Blank Cell	129	129	1.36
Colorado	1,151,118	25	Blank Cell	25	2.17
Connecticut	872,853	9	2	11	1.26
Delaware	189,698	0	0	0	0.00
District of Columbia	112,128	7	6	13	11.59
Florida	3,882,271	97	Blank Cell	97	2.50
Georgia	2,268,477	51	Blank Cell	51	2.25
Hawaii	295,514	7	Blank Cell	7	2.37
Idaho	370,439	2	Blank Cell	2	0.54
Illinois	3,254,523	70	Blank Cell	70	2.15
Indiana	1,594,857	58	Blank Cell	58	3.64
Iowa	698,045	15	Blank Cell	15	2.15
Kansas	696,519	1	Blank Cell	1	0.14
Kentucky	931,588	23	Blank Cell	23	2.47
Louisiana	1,185,674	37	Blank Cell	37	3.12
Maine	279,058	0	3	3	1.08
Maryland	1,379,925	Blank Cell	33	33	2.39
Massachusetts	1,463,340	Blank Cell	17	17	1.16
Michigan	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Minnesota	1,252,125	16	Blank Cell	16	1.28
Mississippi	760,747	7	Blank Cell	7	0.92
Missouri	1,397,461	52	1	53	3.79
Montana	216,320	4	Blank Cell	4	1.85
Nebraska	439,393	6	7	13	2.96
Nevada	572,590	3	Blank Cell	3	0.52
New Hampshire	308,371	Blank Cell	0	0	0.00
New Jersey	2,127,391	22	8	30	1.41
New Mexico	500,506	Blank Cell	3	3	0.60
New York	4,613,251	68	Blank Cell	68	1.47
North Carolina	2,068,840	Blank Cell	26	26	1.26
North Dakota	146,812	2	Blank Cell	2	1.36
Ohio	2,879,927	72	Blank Cell	72	2.50
Oklahoma	873,560	23	Blank Cell	23	2.63
Oregon	855,107	21	Blank Cell	21	2.46
Pennsylvania	2,863,452	49	3	52	1.82
Rhode Island	239,248	1	Blank Cell	1	0.42
South Carolina	979,163	13	3	16	1.63
South Dakota	195,625	5	Blank Cell	5	2.56
Tennessee	1,404,661	18	Blank Cell	18	1.28
Texas	6,102,316	206	Blank Cell	206	3.38
Utah	713,012	12	Blank Cell	12	1.68
Vermont	139,662	0	0	0	0.00
Virginia	1,779,408	Blank Cell	22	22	1.24
Washington	1,513,360	1	14	15	0.99
West Virginia	389,171	13	16	29	7.45
Wisconsin	1,338,064	14	Blank Cell	14	1.05
Wyoming	122,344	3	Blank Cell	3	2.45
Total	70,324,219	1,097	293	1,390	blank cell
Rate	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	1.98
Number Reporting	50	43	19	50	50

Data source: Child File, SDC, and Agency File.

A national estimate of 1,400 fatalities was derived by multiplying the national rate of 1.98 by the total population—total population for all 51 States equals 72,894,483—and dividing by 100,000. The estimate was then rounded to the nearest 100.

This table lists each State in the first column and the child population in the second column. The third column reports the number of child fatalities reported in either the Child File or the SDC file and the fourth column accounts for the fatalities as reported in the Agency file, which is from 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 1.98 fatalities per 100,000 children.

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