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Rate of Child Deaths per 100,000 Population, 2004

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Rank by:  State name (alphabetical) Child Death Rate Rank Order:

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	Child Death Rate
	Child Death Rate
United States	20
Alabama	28
Alaska	35
Arizona	21
Arkansas	34
California	17
Colorado	17
Connecticut	14
Delaware	29
District of Columbia	NA
Florida	22
Georgia	23
Hawaii	21
Idaho	26
Illinois	19
Indiana	24
Iowa	21
Kansas	26
Kentucky	24
Louisiana	34
Maine	22
Maryland	21
Massachusetts	12
Michigan	19
Minnesota	18
Mississippi	31
Missouri	26
Montana	31
Nebraska	25
Nevada	21
New Hampshire	16
New Jersey	14
New Mexico	28
New York	16
North Carolina	21
North Dakota	26
Ohio	20
Oklahoma	27
Oregon	19
Pennsylvania	19
Rhode Island	11
South Carolina	25
South Dakota	39
Tennessee	23
Texas	23
Utah	21
Vermont	12
Virginia	18
Washington	16
West Virginia	28
Wisconsin	17
Wyoming	20
Guam
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Notes:	Child death rate is the number of deaths, from all causes, to children between ages 1 and 14 per 100,000 children in this age group. The data are reported by place of residence, rather than by the location where the death occurred. Data as of 2004.
Sources:	Kids Count National Data, 2007 Kids Count Data Book Online. Available at http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT/OnlineData.aspx.
Definitions:	NA: Data Not Available

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