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Table 9. Child Abuse Fatalities per 100,000 Children
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State Ranking 		Number of Child Abuse Fatalities per 100K and Total Fatalities % More Child Abuse Fatalities per 100K Compared to the Best State*
1 Delaware

0 (0 Total)

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1 Idaho

0 (0 Total)

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1 North Dakota

0 (0 Total)

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1 Vermont

0 (0 Total)

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5 Maine

0.36 (1 Total)

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6 Massachusetts

0.55 (8 Total)

 52.8%
7 Washington

0.61 (9 Total)

 69.4%
8 New Hampshire

0.66 (2 Total)

 83.3%
9 Hawaii

0.67 (2 Total)

 86.1%
10 Kansas

0.89 (6 Total)

 147.2%
11 Montana

0.98 (2 Total)

 172.2%
12 Wisconsin

1 (13 Total)

 177.8%
13 Connecticut

1.08 (9 Total)

 200.0%
14 Minnesota

1.22 (15 Total)

 238.9%
15 Iowa

1.34 (9 Total)

 272.2%
16 Utah

1.35 (10 Total)

 275.0%
17 Arizona

1.39 (22 Total)

 286.1%
17 Nebraska

1.39 (6 Total)

 286.1%
17 New Jersey

1.39 (30 Total)

 286.1%
20 Pennsylvania

1.42 (40 Total)

 294.4%
20 Virginia

1.42 (26 Total)

 294.4%
22 California

1.44 (140 Total)

 300.0%
23 Alaska

1.59 (3 Total)

 341.7%
24 New York

1.65 (75 Total)

 358.3%
25 Colorado

1.69 (20 Total)

 369.4%
26 Wyoming

1.75 (2 Total)

 386.1%
27 Indiana

1.81 (29 Total)

 402.8%
28 Louisiana

1.83 (21 Total)

 408.3%
29 Mississippi

1.87 (14 Total)

 419.4%
30 Maryland

2 (28 Total)

 455.6%
31 Rhode Island

2.04 (5 Total)

 466.7%
32 Illinois

2.1 (68 Total)

 483.3%
33 Oregon

2.12 (18 Total)

 488.9%
33 South Dakota

2.12 (4 Total)

 488.9%
35 Alabama

2.2 (24 Total)

 511.1%
36 South Carolina

2.24 (23 Total)

 522.2%
37 New Mexico

2.45 (12 Total)

 580.6%
37 Tennessee

2.45 (34 Total)

 580.6%
39 Arkansas

2.52 (17 Total)

 600.0%
40 Nevada

2.74 (17 Total)

 661.1%
41 Florida

2.88 (117 Total)

 700.0%
42 Kentucky

2.96 (29 Total)

 722.2%
43 Ohio

3.01 (83 Total)

 736.1%
44 Missouri

3.05 (42 Total)

 747.2%
45 Texas

3.11 (197 Total)

 763.9%
46 Georgia

3.22 (76 Total)

 794.4%
47 West Virginia

4.18 (16 Total)

 1061.1%
48 Oklahoma

4.8 (41 Total)

 1233.3%

* Michigan, and North Carolina do not provide comparable data. Since it is not mathematically possible to compare percentages to zero, the comparison to the best state is with Maine since it is the state with the lowest rate of child abuse fatalities among those state who experience at least one of these fatalities.

Source - US Department of Health and Human Service, "Child Maltreatment 2005". Click here for more information.

Where the States Rank
(by Indicator)

1. Infant Mortality Rates
2. Child Deaths
3. Teen Deaths
4. Teen Births
5. Prenatal Care
6. Child Poverty
7. Uninsured Children
8. Juvenile Incarceration
9. Child Abuse Fatalities
10. Child Welfare Spending
11. Overall Vulnerability Rank
12. Relationship of the Tax Burden to Overall Child Vulnerability

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