Child Population, Mortality, and Reviews for Michigan, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
Year		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total Child Population		2,638,999	2,644,782	2,667,195	2,677,114	2,688,737	2,693,626	2,702,850	2,719,659	2,715,562	2,712,757	2,685,096	2,679,321
Number of Child Deaths		2,352	2,209	2,062	1,985	1,973	1,952	1,863	1,895	1,804	1,823	1,831	1,721
Number of Child Deaths Reviewed		-	-	3	130	201	492	601	807	885	899	828	802
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; and Michigan Child Death Review
Manner and Cause of Child Death, Michigan, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
Year		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Natural		1,676	1,508	1,411	1,364	1,375	1,356	1,321	1,345	1,315	1,292	1,325	1,213
	Perinatal Conditions	664	599	551	536	583	532	548	631	617	575	628	567
	Congenital Anomalies	274	270	265	246	255	254	237	230	231	224	232	230
	SIDS	210	167	148	149	138	148	114	99	96	85	49	51
	Neoplasm	92	108	76	75	82	73	79	77	72	79	74	75
	Nervous System Disease	94	80	70	65	76	70	73	65	60	71	75	77
	Circulatory System Disease	82	56	78	72	69	67	63	62	57	51	66	39
	Respiratory System Disease	88	62	81	82	46	54	68	47	60	44	63	56
	All Other Natural Causes	172	166	142	139	126	158	139	134	122	163	138	118
Accidental (Unintentional Injury)		439	470	427	437	407	405	376	419	350	385	377	350
	Motor Vehicle	236	283	264	285	261	238	218	260	202	215	215	208
	Suffocation and Strangulation	42	36	37	36	30	29	31	52	53	62	58	66
	Fire and Burn	73	63	45	28	35	52	53	44	33	34	41	19
	Drowning	42	33	45	43	35	40	44	35	34	37	36	20
	Firearm and Weapon	13	13	10	13	9	3	6	6	4	4	2	6
	All Other Accidents	33	42	26	32	37	43	24	22	24	33	25	31
Homicide		164	157	159	122	113	125	100	76	76	80	67	80
	Firearm and Weapon	126	119	110	84	82	67	56	44	46	52	40	51
	Child Abuse and Neglect	17	13	16	13	11	14	20	17	14	12	6	15
	All Other Homicides	21	25	33	25	20	44	24	15	16	16	21	14
Suicide		63	64	55	50	70	54	55	43	52	50	47	58
	Firearm and Weapon	44	44	41	31	32	30	29	23	27	28	19	26
	Suffocation and Strangulation	17	13	9	12	28	19	22	18	20	19	23	26
	All Other Suicides	2	7	5	7	10	5	4	2	5	3	5	6
Undetermined		10	10	10	12	8	12	11	12	11	16	15	20
Source: MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics