Child Population, Mortality, and Reviews for Oakland County, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
Year		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total Child Population		288,972	290,492	293,863	295,144	297,113	297,883	298,782	312,233	313,310	313,102	310,836	312,066
Number of Child Deaths		185	177	180	148	175	168	147	180	153	153	168	151
Number of Child Deaths Reviewed		-	-	-	12	2	-	22	81	44	55	43	36
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; and Michigan Child Death Review
Manner and Cause of Child Death, Oakland County, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
Year		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Natural		144	122	123	108	123	133	110	133	109	113	123	112
	Perinatal Conditions	70	50	55	41	58	69	53	68	61	55	67	71
	Congenital Anomalies	27	23	24	20	18	18	17	21	21	16	18	12
	SIDS	5	1	4	7	5	2	1	2	1	-	1	1
	Neoplasm	9	14	8	7	6	5	7	7	8	12	12	9
	Nervous System Disease	8	10	4	9	10	9	6	7	6	8	8	7
	Circulatory System Disease	10	6	4	2	7	6	2	10	4	4	3	1
	Respiratory System Disease	5	4	13	10	4	6	9	3	2	2	5	1
	All Other Natural Causes	10	14	11	12	15	18	15	15	6	16	9	10
Accidental (Unintentional Injury)		26	39	35	27	34	25	27	40	29	35	36	28
	Motor Vehicle	17	21	18	16	20	14	13	20	11	12	16	13
	Suffocation and Strangulation	7	7	6	2	6	3	4	8	9	14	8	10
	Fire and Burn	-	2	3	2	-	2	3	9	3	2	5	1
	Drowning	1	2	7	5	3	4	4	2	4	3	2	1
	Firearm and Weapon	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	All Other Accidents	1	6	1	2	5	2	3	1	1	4	5	3
Homicide		9	4	18	8	9	4	3	4	9	2	4	5
	Firearm and Weapon	6	3	10	4	5	4	2	1	4	1	1	3
	Child Abuse and Neglect	2	-	3	1	2	-	1	-	3	1	-	1
	All Other Homicides	1	1	5	3	2	-	-	3	2	-	3	1
Suicide		5	10	3	4	9	3	6	3	6	2	4	4
	Firearm and Weapon	4	6	2	2	3	-	1	1	1	2	2	1
	Suffocation and Strangulation	-	2	1	2	3	2	3	1	4	-	1	3
	All Other Suicides	1	2	-	-	3	1	2	1	1	-	1	-
Undetermined		1	2	1	1		3	1			1	1	2
Source: MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics