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Table 4-2: Maltreatment Fatality Rates per 100,000 Children, 1995-1999 SDC

Year Child Population Fatalities Fatalities per 100,000 Children

1995

55,017,180

925

1.68

1996

55,598,799

899

1.62

1997

56,080,440

942

1.68

1998

56,337,549

911

1.62

1999

56,577,560

937

1.66

Note. Based on data from the 36 States that provided fatality data for each year: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.