Child Population, Mortality, and Reviews for Wayne County, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
Year		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total Child Population		600,217	598,319	599,699	598,529	596,102	592,497	589,628	596,430	596,634	597,193	590,255	585,363
Number of Child Deaths		774	726	654	603	581	570	554	536	468	543	531	475
Number of Child Deaths Reviewed		-	-	-	12	29	39	40	180	198	194	210	188
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; and Michigan Child Death Review
Manner and Cause of Child Death, Wayne County, Ages 0-18, 1995-2004
Year		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Natural		571	530	468	431	420	395	408	410	359	397	410	364
	Perinatal Conditions	268	235	198	183	201	179	195	209	183	195	216	188
	Congenital Anomalies	72	76	66	66	63	60	51	45	47	58	51	47
	SIDS	61	64	53	68	56	57	42	36	34	33	13	19
	Neoplasm	20	32	19	16	21	15	23	18	19	12	10	13
	Nervous System Disease	28	26	18	15	12	11	15	16	12	21	20	25
	Circulatory System Disease	20	20	27	21	15	22	19	23	19	16	25	13
	Respiratory System Disease	41	22	33	23	19	11	23	21	23	20	23	30
	All Other Natural Causes	61	55	54	39	33	40	40	42	22	42	52	29
Accidental (Unintentional Injury)		83	76	77	90	84	88	75	72	59	83	70	55
	Motor Vehicle	32	41	43	49	45	45	39	37	27	31	34	27
	Suffocation and Strangulation	8	3	8	8	6	4	3	9	9	16	12	15
	Fire and Burn	27	18	10	10	12	25	16	18	5	16	15	2
	Drowning	9	5	6	10	6	6	10	4	10	12	6	2
	Firearm and Weapon	1	3	1	5	2	-	2	1	1	-	1	3
	All Other Accidents	6	6	9	8	13	8	5	3	7	8	2	6
Homicide		98	97	86	67	59	71	55	41	40	52	38	46
	Firearm and Weapon	86	82	64	49	48	41	34	28	30	37	22	33
	Child Abuse and Neglect	3	4	5	6	4	6	8	7	4	7	5	8
	All Other Homicides	9	11	17	12	7	24	13	6	6	8	11	5
Suicide		17	16	18	8	14	15	11	9	8	5	10	7
	Firearm and Weapon	12	8	13	5	7	10	6	5	2	3	2	3
	Suffocation and Strangulation	4	6	3	2	6	5	5	4	6	1	8	3
	All Other Suicides	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Undetermined		5	7	5	7	4	1	5	4	2	6	3	3
Source: MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics