"Child murder rate in Utah is 5 times higher than the national average."
- Frederick C. Kubicek, The Mormon Doctrine - Is It Christian?, Unlimited Glory Ministries
"The murder rates for children are five times higher than the national average."
- Dale Burden, ed., The Gist, Summer 2000, Kry: The Fundamental Voice for Free Will Baptists
"Utah's child murder rate is five times the national average."
- Larry Hall, Stop Hurting My Children!, Sword of the Spirit Apologetics
"The Utah murder rate for children is 5 times higher than the national average."
- We�re Christians Too!, Let Us Reason Ministries
"[T]he child-murder rate is five times higher [than the national average]."
- Mark A. Taylor, Sin & Death in Mormon Country: A Latter-day Tragedy, Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons
Figure 1 shows the child murder rates for Utah and the United States. Rates are the number of homicide victims per 100,000 residents under age 18.
Figure 1. Child murder rates for the United States and Utah, 1990-2001.
Table 1. State child murder rates for the United States and Utah, and Utah's rank, 1992-2001.
| Year | High | Average | Low | Utah | Rank |
| 1992 | 7.1 IL | 4.3 | 0.0 NH | 2.0 | 41 |
| 1993 | 8.8 LA | 4.6 | 0.6 DE | 2.1 | 42 |
| 1994 | 8.3 IL | 4.4 | 0.0 ND,VT | 2.4 | 32 |
| 1995 | 7.5 IL | 4.2 | 0.6 ND | 2.4 | 38 |
| 1996 | 6.7 NV | 3.7 | 0.0 ND,WY | 1.9 | 42 |
| 1997 | 7.4 AK | 3.3 | 0.0 ND | 1.6 | 41 |
| 1998 | 5.8 NV | 3.0 | 0.3 NH | 2.0 | 35 |
| 1999 | 5.1 AK | 2.9 | 0.0 DE | 0.7 | 46 |
| 2000 | 5.4 LA | 2.5 | 0.0 DE | 2.1 | 32 |
| 2001 | 4.8 LA | 2.5 | 0.3 NH | 1.4 | 39 |
The following map shows how child murder rates vary across the country.
Figure 2. State child murder rates, 2001.
