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This Child Fatality information provided by the Injury & Violence Prevention section of the Office of Disease Prevention & Epidemiology.
1999 Oregon Child Fatality Review Annual Report
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9. Comparison of Data - Oregon and the US
Table 6 illustrates 1998 Oregon and United States child deaths and death rates in children aged 0- 19 by intent category. Deaths are classified as ?Unintentional? (e.g., ?accidents?), Suicide, Homicide, or "Natural and all other" (e.g., death due to congenital anomalies or to an undetermined cause). Compared to the United States as a whole, Oregon's death rates from homicide are lower than the national figures. There were no significant differences between Oregon and the United States for any other manner of death.
TABLE 6.
DEATH RATES OF CHILDREN AGED 0-19 BY MANNER OF DEATH, OREGON & UNITED STATES, 1998
| OREGON | UNITED STATES |
| Manner of Death | Frequency (%) | Rate/100,000 | Frequency (%) | Rate/100,000 |
| Natural/Other | 333 (61.4) | 36.2 | 37,263 (67.5) | 48.0 |
| Unintentional | 166 (30.6) | 18.0 | 12,416 (22.5) | 16.0 |
| Homicide | 20 (3.6) | 2.2 | 3,461 (6.3) | 4.5 |
| Suicide | 23 (4.2) | 2.5 | 2,061 (3.7) | 2.6 |
| Total | 542 | 58.9 | 55,201 | 71.1 |
| Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder |
Cause of Death in Oregon and the United States
Table 7 describes the cause of death for injury deaths in Oregon and the United States. Compared to the United States as a whole, Oregon's death rates from firearm and fire events are lower than the national rates and deaths from suffocation and drowning are higher than the national figures. There were no significant differences between Oregon and the United States for any other cause of death.
TABLE 7.
DEATH RATES OF CHILDREN AGED 0-19 BY CAUSE OF DEATH, OREGON & UNITED STATES, 1998
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OREGON |
UNITED STATES |
| Cause Catagory |
Frequency (%) |
Rate/100,000 |
Frequency (%) |
Rate/100,000 |
| Motor Vehicle |
103 (19.0) |
11.2 |
7,965 (14.4) |
48.0 |
| Firearm |
30 (5.5) |
3.3 |
3,761 (6.8) |
16.0 |
| Drowning |
24 (4.4) |
2.6 |
1,442 (2.6) |
4.5 |
| Suffocation |
19 (3.6) |
2.1 |
1,262 (2.3) |
2.6 |
| Fire |
7 (1.3) |
0.8 |
765 (1.4) |
71.1 |
| Poisoning |
5 (1.0) |
0.5 |
532 (1.0) |
0.7 |
| Cutting/Piercing |
3 |
* |
252 (0.5) |
0.3 |
| Fall |
1 |
* |
199 (0.5) |
0.3 |
| All Other |
350 (64.6) |
38.0 |
39,023 (70.6) |
50.2 |
| Total |
542 |
58.9 |
55,201 |
71.1 |
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
*Rates for frequencies less than 5 are suppressed
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