Child Population, Mortality, and Reviews for Michigan, Ages 0-18, 2000-2009
Year		1993	1994	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total Child Population		2,638,999	2,644,782	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	2,668,416	2,494,801	2,456,675	2,414,323	2,375,420
Number of Child Deaths		2,352	2,209	1,985	1,973	1,952	1,863	1,895	1,804	1,823	1,831	1,721	1,738	1,582	1,646	1,475	1,497
Number of Child Deaths Reviewed		-	-	130	201	492	601	807	885	899	830	802	779	626	689	653	560
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, 2000-2009
Year		1993	1994	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Natural		1,676	1,508	1,364	1,375	1,356	1,321	1,345	1,315	1,292	1,325	1,213	1,253	1,127	1,159	1,063	1,053
	Perinatal Conditions	664	599	536	583	532	548	631	617	575	628	567	576	519	555	504	474
	Congenital Anomalies	274	270	246	255	254	237	230	231	224	232	230	249	227	233	198	212
	SIDS	210	167	149	138	148	114	99	96	85	49	51	47	51	46	48	46
	Neoplasm (Cancer)	92	108	75	82	73	79	77	72	79	74	75	71	69	67	67	69
	Nervous System Disease	94	80	65	76	70	73	65	60	71	75	77	59	66	53	58	37
	Circulatory System Disease	82	56	72	69	67	63	62	57	51	66	39	54	41	45	28	54
	Respiratory System Disease	88	62	82	46	54	68	47	60	44	63	56	45	40	42	49	49
	All Other Natural Causes	172	166	139	126	158	139	134	122	163	138	118	152	114	118	111	112
Accidental (Unintentional Injury)		439	470	437	407	405	376	419	350	385	377	350	328	297	323	264	273
	Motor Vehicle	236	283	285	261	238	218	260	202	215	215	208	180	138	165	121	119
	Suffocation and Strangulation	42	36	36	30	29	31	52	53	62	58	66	68	75	76	64	74
	Fire and Burn	73	63	28	35	52	53	44	33	34	41	19	20	12	23	16	20
	Drowning	42	33	43	35	40	44	35	34	37	36	20	27	32	25	21	23
	Firearm and Weapon	13	13	13	9	3	6	6	4	4	2	6	2	3	2	4	2
	All Other Accidents	33	42	32	37	43	24	22	24	33	25	31	31	37	32	38	35
Homicide		164	157	122	113	125	100	76	76	80	67	80	95	93	106	91	105
	Firearm and Weapon	126	119	84	82	67	56	44	46	52	40	51	56	72	80	67	75
	Child Abuse and Neglect	17	13	13	11	14	20	17	14	12	6	15	23	6	9	6	7
	All Other Homicides	21	25	25	20	44	24	15	16	16	21	14	16	15	17	18	23
Suicide		63	64	50	70	54	55	43	52	50	47	58	49	51	47	44	51
	Firearm and Weapon	44	44	31	32	30	29	23	27	28	19	26	14	25	17	13	24
	Suffocation and Strangulation	17	13	12	28	19	22	18	20	19	23	26	27	21	22	24	23
	All Other Suicides	2	7	7	10	5	4	2	5	3	5	6	8	5	8	7	4
Undetermined*		10	10	12	8	12	11	12	11	16	15	20	13	14	11	13	15
Source: MDCH Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics
* This number may appear low, as many SUIDs that are ruled Undetermined on the death certificate are coded as SIDS in mortality statistics.