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Table 4-3: Maltreatment Fatalities by Age and Sex, 1999 DCDC

Age Male Female Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

<1

115

21.4%

114

21.2%

229

42.6%

1

42

7.8%

47

8.7%

89

16.5%

2

29

5.4%

24

4.5%

53

9.9%

3

29

5.4%

14

2.6%

43

8.0%

4

15

2.8%

10

1.9%

25

4.7%

5

13

2.4%

11

2.0%

24

4.4%

6 & above

41

7.6%

34

6.3%

75

13.9%

Total

284

52.8%

254

47.2%

538

100.0%

Note. Based on data from 19 States: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.