Child Maltreatment 2003 : Table 4-3 Child Fatalities by Age and Sex Using Population-Based Rate, 2003

Age	Population	Number	Rate Per 100,000	Population	Number	Rate Per 100,000
Blank Cell	Boys			Girls
<1	1,287,401	228	17.7	1,233,633	174	14.1
1	1,284,467	74	5.8	1,231,868	70	5.7
2	1,292,802	67	5.2	1,238,848	49	4.0
3	1,246,115	30	2.4	1,187,072	34	2.9
4-7	4,971,835	53	1.1	4,746,914	41	0.9
8-11	5,230,510	32	0.6	4,985,123	18	0.4
12-17	8,039,127	28	0.4	7,644,133	25	0.3
Total	23,352,257	512	Blank Cell	22,267,591	411	Blank Cell
Rate	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	2.2	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	1.9
Weighted Percent	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell

Age	Population	Number	Rate Per 100,000	Percent
Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Total Fatality Victims
<1	2,521,034	402	16.0	43.6
1	2,516,335	144	5.7	15.6
2	2,531,650	116	4.6	12.6
3	2,433,187	64	2.6	6.9
4-7	9,718,749	94	1.0	10.2
8-11	10,215,633	50	0.5	5.4
12-17	15,683,260	53	0.3	5.7
Total	45,619,848	923	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Rate	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	2.0	Blank Cell
Weighted Percent	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	100.0

Data Source: Child File
Based on data from 34 states.