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- Total number of U.S. pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths, 2018: 51
- Total number of U.S. pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths, 2017: 43
- Total number of U.S. pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths, 1998-present: 794
- Average number of U.S. child heatstroke fatalities per year 1998-2018: 38
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Trends and Patterns in Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke
(1998-2018)
CIRCUMSTANCES
An examination of media reports about the 794 pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths for a
21-year period (1998 through 2018) shows the following circumstances:
- 53.9% - Forgottern by caregiver (427 children)
- 26.4% - Gained Access on their own (209)
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18.4% - Knowingly left by caregiver (148)
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1.3% - Unknown (10)
AGES
The children that have died from vehicular heatstroke in the United States (1998-2018) have ranged in age from 5 days to 14 years. More than half of the deaths (54%) are children under 2 years of age. Below are the percentage of total (794) deaths and the number of deaths.
| < 1 32% (257) | 3 14% (112) | 6 1% (8) | 9 <1% (2) | 12 <1% (1) |
| 1 22% (176) | 4 6% (45) | 7 <1% (3) | 10 <1% (3) | 13 <1% (1) |
| 2 19% (151) | 5 3% (27) | 8 <1% (3) | 11 <1% (3) | 14 <1% (2) |
| # | Date | City | Temp | Name | Age |
| 51 | 9/28/2018 | Sanford, FL | 95° | Kit Noelle Pollard | 1 yr |
| 50 | 9/28/2018 | Oak Ridge, FL | 93° | Logan Starling | 4 yr |
| 49 | 9/16/2018 | Humble, TX | 90° | Alicia Esquivel | 2 yr |
| 48 | 9/11/2018 | Moraga, CA | 81° | Lily Aracic | 19 mo |
| 47 | 9/8/2018 | Dillon, SC | 91° | Jonah Ayden Matthews | 3 yr |
| 46 | 9/6/2018 | Athens, TX | 93° | Girl | 6 mo |
| 45 | 9/6/2018 | Florence, SC | 96° | Dean Emerson Coward | 7 mo |
| 44 | 9/5/2018 | Daleville, IN | 93° | Jaxon Stults | 2 yr |
| 43 | 9/4/2018 | Zanesville, OH | 93° | Boy | 1 mo |
| 42 | 8/28/2018 | Coram, NY | 91° | Adrianna C. Celenza | 11 yr |
| 41 | 8/26/2018 | Rock Hill, SC | 90° | Lamartray Adams Jr. | 2 yr |
| 40 | 8/23/2018 | Huntsville, AL | 86° | Lexi | 2 yr |
| 39 | 8/17/2018 | Spring Hill, FL | 94° | Keyton O'Callaghan | 9 mo |
| 38 | 8/12/2018 | Goshen, KY | 89° | Nishchay Patel | 3 yr |
| 37 | 8/11/2018 | Cape Girardeau, MO | 91° | Girl | 10 wks |
| 36 | 8/10/2018 | Emporia, VA | 90° | Dameer Curry | 6 mo |
| 35 | 8/8/2018 | Goochland County, VA | 93° | Riaan Gondesi | 17 mo |
| 34 | 8/2/2018 | El Reno. OK | 90° | Ryker Daniel Kolar | 3 yr |
| 33 | 7/23/2018 | New Albany, IN | 90° | Aiden Miller | 3 mo |
| 32 | 7/19/2018 | Houston, TX | 93° | Raymond Pryer | 3 yr |
| 31 | 7/19/2018 | West Haven, CT | 79° | Dusan Jenkins | 4 yr |
| 30 | 7/14/2018 | Medina, OH | 93° | Girl | 6 mo |
| 29 | 7/13/2018 | Pembroke Pines, FL | 93° | Eli Douglas Bird | 17 mo |
| 28 | 7/9/2018 | Sweetwater, TN | 87° | Greg Puckett | 3 yr |
| 27 | 7/7/2018 | South Sacramento, CA | 95° | Alejandro Lopez Jr. | 2 yr |
| 26 | 7/4/2018 | Clay County, MO | 94° | Ireland Ribano | 2 yr |
| 25 | 7/4/2018 | Clay County, MO | 94° | Goodnight Ribano | 7 wks |
| 24 | 7/4/2018 | Moniteau County, MO | 95° | Girl | 5 yr |
| 23 | 6/29/2018 | Frankfort, KY | 91° | Calvin Hedges | 3 yr |
| 22 | 6/26/2018 | Glendive, MT | 81° | Caleb Hopkins | 2 yr |
| 21 | 6/21/2018 | Roseburg, OR | 81° | Remington Engler | 21 mo |
| 20 | 6/20/2018 | Willits, CA | 80° | Chergery Teywoh Lew Mays | 18 mo |
| 19 | 6/19/2018 | Kingsland, GA | 92° | Slade Edison Horne | 7 mo |
| 18 | 6/15/2018 | Spartanburg, SC | 91° | King Trammel | 18 mo |
| 17 | 6/14/2018 | Vancleave, MS | 89° | Kash Barhonovich | 10 mo |
| 16 | 6/9/2018 | Crittenden, KY | 95° | Lillian Danielle Kerr | 2 yr |
| 15 | 6/8/2018 | Raleigh, NC | 87° | Hakeem Mussa | 7 mo |
| 14 | 6/4/2018 | Baytown, TX | 91° | Maria Solorio | 9 mo |
| 13 | 6/3/2018 | Anderson, IN | 90° | Hannah Grace Miller | 3 yr |
| 12 | 5/31/2018 | Pelzer, SC | 85° | Joe Avery James Lockaby | 18 mo |
| 11 | 5/23/2018 | East Nashville, TN | 90° | Katera Barker | 1 yr |
| 10 | 5/18/2018 | Andalusia, AL | 91° | Laila Marie Dees | 4 yr |
| 9 | 5/16/2018 | Eagle Pass, TX | 99° | Girl | 7 mo |
| 8 | 5/15/2018 | Shreveport, LA | 91° | Addyson Blackburn | 6 mo |
| 7 | 5/10/2018 | Chesterfield, VA | 83° | Girl | 5 mo |
| 6 | 5/10/2018 | Chesterfield, VA | 83° | Boy | 5 mo |
| 5 | 5/3/2018 | Waterford, CT | 87° | Christopher Kenneth Bosselman | 5 yr |
| 4 | 4/3/2018 | North Charleston, SC | 84° | Jack Duggan | 10 mo |
| 3 | 3/26/2018 | Superior, AZ | 71° | Lorenzo Michael Velasquez | 2 yr |
| 2 | 3/262018 | Superior, AZ | 71° | Brooklyn Velasquez | 9 mo |
| 1 | 2/28/2018 | Miami, FL | 81° | Damon Cruz | 1 yr |
