Factor |
Probability |
US
Average |
0.0088300 |
US
Male |
0.0140000 |
Us
Female |
0.0128000 |
White
Male |
0.0139000 |
White
Female |
0.0127000 |
Black
Male |
0.0148000 |
Black
Female |
0.0132000 |
Married
Male |
0.0093000 |
Divorced
Male |
0.0187000 |
Married
Female |
0.0085000 |
Divorced
Female |
0.0170000 |
Heart
Disease |
0.0039000 |
Cancer |
0.0019900 |
Suicide |
0.0001230 |
Murder |
0.0000900 |
Firearms |
0.0001120 |
Accident |
0.0003800 |
Auto
Accident |
0.0001760 |
Airline
Accident |
0.0000010 |
As
One Year Old |
0.0104000 |
1
Yr Old Male |
0.0115000 |
1
Yr Old Female |
0.0091000 |
Child
Abuse |
0.0000178 |
Child
Abuse SMH |
0.0000066 |
Child
Abuse in SFH |
0.0000004 |
Child
Abuse in Families |
0.0000003 |
Child
Firearm Accident |
0.0000016 |
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Annual Probability of Death in the US
SMHs are 1.6 times more fatal to
children than SFHs, 12 times more fatal than firearms, and 44 times more fatal than
families.
- Of 22.5 million children living in 18.8 SMHs, 422 are
fatally abused each year--one death per 44,550 SMHs.
- Of 2.1 million children living in 1.8 million SFHs, 25 are
fatally abused each year--one death per 72,000 SFHs.
- Of 37.6 million children living in 31.3 million families, 16
are fatally abused each year--1 death per 2 million families.
- Of 70.1 million children living around 230 million firearms,
430 are killed by firearm accidents each year--1 death per 535,000 firearms.
- Of 430 children killed by firearms, 322 are killed in SMHs.
- Even if firearm ownership could be reduced by 90%, there
would still be 23 million firearms in the US, which would not be much "safer"
than 230 million.
- Outlawing SMHs would reduce both fatal child abuse and
accidental firearm deaths by 70%.
Source: Donna Shalala,
"National Child Abuse Prevention Month" and "Child Maltreatment 1994:
Reports from the States to the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect".
Patrick Fagan, Heritage Foundation, "THE CHILD ABUSE
CRISIS: THE DISINTEGRATION OF MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY", Rick
Thoma, "The Dirty Little Secret: Abuse in Foster Care"
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