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Characteristics of childhood homicide in Ohio, 1974-84.

J E Muscat

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.

Childhood homicide deaths in Ohio from 1974 to 1984 were examined using Ohio Vital Statistics records and US Census Data. Homicide rates varied from 25/100,000 for Black infant males to 0.8/100,000 for White females ages 5-9. Child battering was the leading cause of death for children less than 5 years. Firearms accounted for 56 per cent of homicide deaths for children 10-14 years of age. The childhood homicide rates in the four largest Ohio cities were substantially higher in areas with low socioeconomic indicators.

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