"Death Rates for U.S. Children Ages 1 to 4, 1900 to 2000"	
	
2000	0.3
1999	0.3
1998	0.3
1997	0.4
1996	0.4
1995	0.4
1994	0.4
1993	0.4
1992	0.4
1991	0.5
1990	0.5
1989	0.5
1988	0.5
1987	0.5
1986	0.5
1985	0.5
1984	0.5
1983	0.6
1982	0.6
1981	0.6
1980	0.6
1979	0.7
1978	0.7
1977	0.7
1976	0.7
1975	0.7
1974	0.7
1973	0.8
1972  1/	0.8
1971	0.8
1970	0.8
1969	0.9
1968	0.9
1967	0.9
1966	0.9
1965	0.9
1964	1.0
1963	1.0
1962	1.0
1961	1.0
1960	1.1
1959	1.1
1958	1.1
1957	1.1
1956	1.1
1955	1.1
1954	1.2
1953	1.3
1952	1.4
1951	1.4
1950	1.4
1949	1.5
1948	1.6
1947	1.6
1946	1.8
1945	2.0
1944	2.3
1943	2.6
1942	2.4
1941	2.8
1940	2.9
1939	3.2
1938	3.8
1937	4.2
1936	4.4
1935	4.4
1934	5.1
1933	4.7
1932	4.6
1931	5.3
1930	5.6
1929	6.3
1928	6.5
1927	5.9
1926	7.2
1925	6.4
1924	6.8
1923	8.1
1922	7.4
1921	8.0
1920	9.9
1919	9.3
1918	15.7
1917	10.7
1916	11.1
1915	9.2
1914	10.2
1913	11.9
1912	10.9
1911	11.8
1910	14.0
1909	13.5
1908	14.0
1907	14.7
1906	15.8
1905	15.0
1904	15.9
1903	15.4
1902	16.6
1901	17.0
1900	19.8

"Note: Number of deaths, excluding fetal deaths, per 1,000 population ages 1 to 4.  Prior to 1933, data for death-registration area only."	

1/  Deaths based on a 50 percent sample.	

"Sources: [1900-1970] U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970, Part 1 (U.S. Census Bureau: Washington DC,"	
"1975); [1971-1979] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of"	
"the United States 1979, Volume 2, Mortality (Hyattsville, Maryland: NCHS, 1984); [1980-1997] National Center for Health "	
"Statistics, accessed online at: www.childstats.gov/ac2000/xhlth6a.htm (9/27/00); [1998] National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2000 With"	
"Adolescent Health Chartbook (Hyattsville, Maryland: NCHS, 2000). Accessed online at:www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/00tables.htm#Mortality (9/18/00);"
"[2000] A.M. Minino et. al. ""Deaths: Final Data for 2000."" National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 50, Number 15 (Hyattsville, MD: NCHS, 2002). "