The child count varies, depending upon whom you consider a child. There were 150 who were 10 or younger; 190 who were 12 or younger; 304 who were 17 or younger. We established the cut-off for minors at 18. We know the ages for all of them except for Derek Dawson, an adopted Guyanese child, so he’s not included in those lesser totals.
The following chart shows the number of children and minors of each age – up to age 18 – who died in Jonestown, as well as a running total.
Age Number Total
0 13 13
1 11 24
2 12 36
3 7 43
4 17 60
5 16 76
6 9 85
7 15 100
8 21 121
9 16 137
10 13 150
11 19 169
12 21 190
13 19 209
14 26 235
15 23 258
16 21 279
17 24 303
+ Derek Dawson = 304