Table 2 shows the ages of the children whose deaths were reviewed. The largest number of deaths reviewed were those of children under one year of age. There were substantially more deaths involving males than females, as shown in Table 3. This is true in all age categories with the greatest disparity occurring among persons 15-17 years of age. The largest number of deaths reviewed were White children as shown in Table 4.
Ethnicity is recorded separately from race.
This warrants further analysis. This level of detail is important because children may die in a medical facility which is located outside their home county, thereby inflating one county's death statistics and deflating the other. An additional 45 children were non-residents and 2 were unknown. This publication can be made available in alternative format. Permission to quote from or reproduce materials from this publication is granted when acknowledgment is made.