Table G7-1: Child Fatalities by State (SDC)
n=1,086 Child Fatalities, 49 States

State

Child Population

Fatalities

Fatalities/100,000 Children

Alabama

1,084,135

25

2.3

Arizona

1,263,404

10

0.8

Arkansas

653,721

5

0.8

California

8,911,372

26

0.3

Colorado

1,040,580

28

2.7

Connecticut

790,715

6

0.8

Delaware

179,071

3

1.7

District of Columbia

102,959

2

1.9

Florida

3,539,932

54

1.5

Georgia

2,022,351

37

1.8

Hawaii

298,327

3

1.0

Idaho

351,158

5

1.4

Illinois

3,187,332

58

1.8

Indiana

1,517,366

65

4.3

Iowa

722,139

10

1.4

Kansas

697,452

13

1.9

Kentucky

988,293

18

1.8

Louisiana

1,191,412

27

2.3

Maine

291,585

4

1.4

Maryland

1,287,190

24

1.9

Massachusetts

1,457,703

11

0.8

Michigan

2,551,615

40

1.6

Minnesota

1,259,447

3

0.2

Mississippi

756,875

5

0.7

Missouri

1,406,616

28

2.0

Montana

224,403

3

1.3

Nevada

467,107

13

2.8

New Hampshire

298,610

1

0.3

New Jersey

1,990,439

29

1.5

New Mexico

504,210

5

1.0

New York

4,502,611

61

1.4

North Carolina

1,919,774

23

1.2

North Dakota

162,611

0

0.0

Ohio

2,844,005

54

1.9

Oklahoma

879,367

45

5.1

Oregon

825,170

17

2.1

Pennsylvania

2,859,828

52

1.8

Rhode Island

237,917

2

0.8

South Carolina

959,296

16

1.7

South Dakota

200,937

3

1.5

Tennessee

1,331,402

12

0.9

Texas

5,629,200

176

3.1

Utah

701,300

12

1.7

Vermont

141,347

0

0.0

Virginia

1,644,678

29

1.8

Washington

1,472,490

8

0.5

West Virginia

404,254

1

0.2

Wisconsin

1,351,044

11

0.8

Wyoming

129,406

3

2.3

Total

69,234,156

1,086

1.6

National Estimate

69,872,059

1,118

1.6

The national estimate of 1,097 fatalities is based on the rate of 1.6 fatalities per thousand children in the population in the reporting States to the estimated national population of 69,872,059.