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Table 4-2 Child Fatality Rates per 100,000 Children, 2002–2006
Child Maltreatment 2006

Reporting
Year
States
Reporting
Population of
Reporting States
Reported
Fatalities
Rate Per
100,000 Children
National Child
Population (52 States)
Estimated Child
Fatalities
2002 51 72,905,828 1,453 1.99 73,979,203 1,470
2003 50 71,029,617 1,372 1.93 74,144,319 1,430
2004 49 71,031,007 1,441 2.03 74,339,840 1,510
2005 51 72,453,577 1,419 1.96 74,566,154 1,460
2006 48 67,311,055 1,376 2.04 74,754,213 1,530

 

Child Fatality Rates per 100,000 Children, 2002-2006
This table depicts the rate of child fatalities per 100,000 children for the years 2002 through 2006. The first column lists the year; the second column lists the number of States reporting data. The third column lists the population for the States. The next column displays the number of reported fatalities and then the rate of fatalities per 100,000 children. The next column displays the total population for all States regardless of whether a State reported fatalities and the final column displays the nationally estimated number of fatalities.

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