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

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"