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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 4-3 Child Fatalities in Foster Care, 2002

State Total Fatalities Child File & SDC Foster Care Fatalities Agency File Foster Care Fatalities Total Fatalities in Foster Care
Alabama 29 0 Blank Cell 0
Alaska 1 0 Blank Cell 0
Arizona 21 0 Blank Cell 0
Arkansas 13 0 Blank Cell 0
California 129 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado 25 0 Blank Cell 0
Connecticut 11 Blank Cell 0 0
Delaware 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 13 0 0 0
Florida 97 1 Blank Cell 1
Georgia 51 3 Blank Cell 3
Hawaii 7 0 Blank Cell 0
Idaho 2 0 Blank Cell 0
Illinois 70 1 Blank Cell 1
Indiana 58 0 Blank Cell 0
Iowa 15 0 Blank Cell 0
Kansas 1 0 Blank Cell 0
Kentucky 23 0 Blank Cell 0
Louisiana 37 0 Blank Cell 0
Maine 3 0 0 0
Maryland 33 Blank Cell 1 1
Massachusetts 17 Blank Cell 0 0
Michigan Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Minnesota 16 0 Blank Cell 0
Mississippi 7 0 Blank Cell 0
Missouri 53 1 0 1
Montana 4 0 Blank Cell 0
Nebraska 13 0 Blank Cell 0
Nevada 3 0 Blank Cell 0
New Hampshire 0 Blank Cell 0 0
New Jersey 30 1 0 1
New Mexico 3 Blank Cell 0 0
New York 68 3 Blank Cell 3
North Carolina 26 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Dakota 2 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio 72 0 Blank Cell 0
Oklahoma 23 1 Blank Cell 1
Oregon 21 0 Blank Cell 0
Pennsylvania 52 0 Blank Cell 0
Rhode Island 1 0 Blank Cell 0
South Carolina 16 0 0 0
South Dakota 5 0 Blank Cell 0
Tennessee 18 0 Blank Cell 0
Texas 206 4 Blank Cell 4
Utah 12 0 Blank Cell 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0
Virginia 22 Blank Cell 1 1
Washington 15 0 0 0
West Virginia 29 0 Blank Cell 0
Wisconsin 14 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 3 0 Blank Cell 0
Total 1,390 15 2 17
Number Reporting 50 40 14 46

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

States that did not provide perpetrator relationship data are not included in this analysis.

This table compares the number of child fatalities associated with foster care to all child fatalities. The first column lists all of the States and the second column lists the total number of fatalities. The third column reports the number of child fatalities in foster care that was reported in the Child File and SDC. The fourth column displays the number of child fatalities reported by States in the Agency file. The total foster care deaths are listed in the fifth column.

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