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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 4-4     Child Fatalities by Age and Sex Using Population-Based Rate, 2002

Age	Boys			Girls			Total Fatality Victims
	Population	Number	Rate Per 100,000	Population	Number	Rate Per 100,000	Population	Number	Percentage	Rate Per 100,000
<1	1,261,208	237	18.8	1,205,442	150	12.4	2,466,650	387	41.2	15.7
1	1,261,331	93	7.4	1,210,946	72	5.9	2,472,277	165	17.6	6.7
2	1,218,676	66	5.4	1,163,206	37	3.2	2,381,882	103	11.0	4.3
3	1,200,839	37	3.1	1,149,286	22	1.9	2,350,125	59	6.3	2.5
4-7	4,882,576	58	1.2	4,658,344	53	1.1	9,540,920	111	11.8	1.2
8-11	5,201,613	34	0.7	4,957,462	26	0.5	10,159,075	60	6.4	0.6
12-17	7,847,460	28	0.4	7,463,759	27	0.4	15,311,219	55	5.9	0.4
Total	22,873,703	553	blank cell	21,808,445	387	blank cell	44,682,148	940	blank cell	blank cell
Rate	blank cell	blank cell	2.4	blank cell	blank cell	1.8	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	2.1
Percentage	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell	100.2	blank cell

Data Source: Child File.

Percent does not equal 100 due to rounding.

These are fatalities reported only in the Child Files and are, therefore, only a subset of total fatalities.

If a State did not include the age or sex of a child fatality victim, that fatality was not included in this analysis.

This table compares the age and gender of children who died from maltreatment. The first column lists the single-year ages ranging from less than 1 year to 3 years. Then the ages are grouped together: 4-7, 8-11, and 12-17. Next the population, number of victims, and rate of fatalities per 100,000 children are presented for boys and for girls. Then the boys and girls are added together for total fatality victims. A total of 940 children died as a result of abuse or neglect, as reported by States in the Child File only.

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