Table 1. Estimated age-specific homicide rates per 100,000 live births for children under 5 y.

Age Group	Number of Homicides (95% CI)	Percentage of All Homicides in Children under 5 y (95% CI)	Homicide Rate per 100,000 (95% CI)
			All	Boys	Girls
Early neonates (0–6 d)*	233 (173, 294)	51.4 (45.1, 57.6)	19.6 (14.6, 23.1)	19.4 (13.8, 25.2)	18.8 (12.2, 25.3)
Late neonates (6–28 d)*	8 (2, 14)	1.8 (0.8, 3.8)	0.7 (0.2, 1.2)	0.7 (0.0, 1.5)	0.6 (0.0, 1.5)
1–11 mo*	96 (67, 126)	21.2 (17.2, 25.8)	8.1 (5.6,10.6)	8.0 (5.3, 10.7)	8.0 (3.7, 12.2)
Infants (<1 y)*	337 (259, 417)	74.4 (69.3, 78.9)	28.3 (21.8, 35.1)	28.1 (22.9, 33.5)	27.5 (18.3, 36.6)
1–4 y**	116 (95, 137)	25.5 (21.0, 30.6)	1.0 (0.0, 3.2)	2.8 (1.9, 3.4)	2.6 (1.8, 3.4)

Live births for 2009 for South Africa: boys, 608,248; girls, 596,164. Mid-year population for children 1–4 y: boys, 2,182,408; girls, 2,145,536.

*Rates based on live births.

**Rates based on the mid-year population.