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Child Abuse and Neglect, United States
The following table shows the number and percent of child abuse and neglect in the United States between 1990 and 2003, according to type of maltreatment and sex and age of the victim.
| Item |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2003 |
| Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
Types of substantiated maltreatment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Victims, total1 |
690,658 |
— |
970,285 |
— |
864,837 |
— |
787,156 |
— |
| Neglect |
338,770 |
49.1% |
507,015 |
52.3% |
517,118 |
59.8% |
479,567 |
60.9% |
| Physical abuse |
186,801 |
27.0 |
237,840 |
24.5 |
167,713 |
19.4 |
148,877 |
18.9 |
| Sexual abuse |
119,506 |
17.3 |
122,964 |
12.7 |
87,770 |
10.2 |
78,188 |
9.9 |
| Emotional maltreatment |
45,621 |
6.6 |
42,051 |
4.3 |
66,965 |
7.7 |
38,603 |
4.9 |
| Medical neglect |
n.a. |
n.a. |
28,541 |
2.9 |
25,498 |
3.0 |
17,945 |
2.3 |
|
Sex of victim
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Victims, total |
742,519 |
100.0 |
809,634 |
100.0 |
864,837 |
100.0 |
787,156 |
100.0 |
| Male |
323,339 |
43.5 |
381,075 |
47.1 |
413,744 |
47.8 |
378,374 |
48.1 |
| Female |
369,919 |
49.8 |
425,193 |
52.5 |
446,230 |
51.6 |
405,505 |
51.5 |
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Age of victim
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Victims, total |
731,282 |
100.0 |
808,575 |
100.0 |
864,837 |
100.0 |
787,156 |
100.0 |
| 1 year and younger |
97,101 |
13.3 |
103,335 |
12.8 |
133,094 |
15.4 |
127,618 |
16.2 |
| 2 to 5 years old |
172,791 |
23.6 |
215,303 |
26.6 |
205,790 |
23.8 |
196,150 |
24.9 |
| 6 to 9 years old |
157,681 |
21.6 |
195,400 |
24.2 |
212,186 |
24.5 |
176,951 |
22.5 |
| 10 to 13 years old |
135,130 |
18.5 |
154,682 |
19.1 |
176,071 |
20.4 |
162,838 |
20.7 |
| 14 to 17 years old |
103,383 |
14.1 |
121,548 |
15.0 |
126,207 |
14.6 |
118,698 |
15.1 |
| 18 years and over |
4,880 |
0.7 |
7,506 |
0.9 |
992 |
0.1 |
493 |
0.1 |
NOTE: n.a. = not available. (—) = not
applicable.
1. More than one type of maltreatment may
be substantiated per child. Therefore, totals for this category will add
up to more than 100 percent. Victim totals and maltreatment types are
based on subset of states that reported both the number of child victims
and maltreatment incidences by type for that year.
Source:
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2006.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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