Child Population, Mortality, and Reviews for Ingham County, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
                           
Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Child Population 76,614 76,447 76,478 76,856 76,874 76,505 76,319 71,796 71,797 71,800 71,232 70,338
Number of Child Deaths 63 63 50 50 42 46 41 50 43 36 41 49
Number of Child Deaths Reviewed - - - - - - 1 14 23 10 16 16
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; and Michigan Child Death Review
Manner and Cause of Child Death, Ingham County, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004 
                           
Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Natural 40 47 31 36 28 37 32 37 30 32 31 38
Perinatal Conditions 9 16 11 17 10 12 10 10 13 15 12 18
Congenital Anomalies 10 9 9 5 7 8 8 11 5 5 7 9
SIDS 9 6 7 5 5 3 6 1 1 3 - -
Neoplasm - 4 1 - 1 2 1 5 - 3 5 4
Nervous System Disease 3 - - 2 1 5 2 1 3 1 1 1
Circulatory System Disease 1 2 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 - 2 1
Respiratory System Disease 1 4 - 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 2 2
All Other Natural Causes 7 6 1 4 2 3 3 5 4 4 2 3
Accidental (Unintentional Injury) 17 13 11 7 9 7 4 6 9 1 10 9
Motor Vehicle 10 6 7 7 5 6 3 3 6 1 3 4
Suffocation and Strangulation 1 1 2 - 1 - 1 2 3 - 4 3
Fire and Burn 1 3 2 - - - - - - - 2 -
Drowning 2 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - - 2
Firearm and Weapon 1 - - - 2 - - - - - - -
All Other Accidents 2 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 -
Homicide 4 1 6 6 4 1 4 5 2 2 0 2
Firearm and Weapon 3 1 3 3 - - 2 5 - 2 - 2
Child Abuse and Neglect 1 - 1 2 2 - 1 - 1 - - -
All Other Homicides - - 2 1 2 1 1 - 1 - - -
Suicide 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
Firearm and Weapon 1 1 2 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Suffocation and Strangulation 1 - - - 1 1 - 2 - 1 - -
All Other Suicides - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - -
Undetermined             1         0
Source: MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics