| California |
| Child Mortality,
2007 |
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Number and Rate of Child
Deaths, per 100,000 Population (2007) |
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Total Child
Population |
Number of Child Deaths |
Child Mortality Rate |
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(Ages 0-19) |
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10,461,314 |
5,542 |
53.0 |
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Infant Mortality Number
and Rate, per 1,000 Live Births (2007) |
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Number of Live
Births |
Number of Infant Deaths |
Infant Mortality Rate |
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(Ages 0-1) |
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555,074 |
2,944 |
5.3 |
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Selected Causes of Death,
Ages 0-19, per 100,000 Population (2007) |
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Cause |
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Number of Deaths |
Mortality Rate |
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Natural |
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3,845 |
36.8 |
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Perinatal Conditions |
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1,466 |
14.0 |
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Congenital
Anomalies |
903 |
8.6 |
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Neoplasms |
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335 |
3.2 |
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Respiratory Disease |
|
139 |
1.3 |
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Circulatory Disease |
|
164 |
1.6 |
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Nervous
System Disease |
175 |
1.7 |
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SIDS |
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184 |
1.8 |
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Unintentional Injury |
|
1,016 |
9.7 |
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Motor Vehicle |
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631 |
6.0 |
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Drowning |
|
101 |
1.0 |
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Fire/Burn |
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28 |
0.3 |
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Poisoning |
|
82 |
0.8 |
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Suffocation/Strangulation |
69 |
0.7 |
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Firearm |
|
8 |
0.1 |
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Homicide |
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502 |
4.8 |
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Firearm |
|
383 |
3.7 |
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Suicide |
|
138 |
1.3 |
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Firearm |
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43 |
0.4 |
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Suffocation/Strangulation |
58 |
0.6 |
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Poisoning |
|
15 |
0.1 |
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Source: National Center for Health Statistics |
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Rates based on 20 or fewer deaths may be
unstable. Use with caution. |
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