Death Rates High Among South Dakota's Children and Teens

Almost three out of every ten South Dakota residents are age 1-19. Of these 215,872 South Dakota youth, 51,720 are under age five; 49,801 are ages five to nine; 54,353 are ages 10-14; and 59,998 are ages 15-19. A leading cause of unintentional death for these age cohorts in South Dakota is automobil...

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Published inSouth Dakota Business Review Vol. 64; no. 4; p. 1
Main Author Cochran, Carole
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vermillion University of South Dakota, School of Business 01.06.2006
Subjects
Age
Automobiles
Births
Children & youth
Families & family life
Mortality
School dropouts
Standard scores
States
Statistical data
Traffic accidents & safety
Vehicles
United States > US
South Dakota
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Summary:Almost three out of every ten South Dakota residents are age 1-19. Of these 215,872 South Dakota youth, 51,720 are under age five; 49,801 are ages five to nine; 54,353 are ages 10-14; and 59,998 are ages 15-19. A leading cause of unintentional death for these age cohorts in South Dakota is automobile crashes. This paper will review child and teen death data from the recently released 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. In South Dakota, two indicators, child death rate and teen death rate are consistently ranked among the worst in the US. In order to decrease child and teen deaths from automobile crashes researchers need to determine the major factors leading to the crashes. Improving South Dakota's child and teen death rates will require a closer review of all of these issues. That review can begin in local communities, by working with their children, teens and schools.
ISSN:0038-3260