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An estimated 558,899 children (unique incidents) were victims of abuse and neglect in the U.S. in 2022, the most recent year for which there is national data. That’s 8 children out of every thousand. CACs serve more than 380,000 kids each year, helping them to recover.
In 2022, there were 558,899 reported cases of child abuse in the U.S., with the most common form of maltreatment being neglect, followed by physical abuse and sexual abuse. The demographics...
About 1,750 children died from abuse or neglect in 2020, a rate of about 2 per 100,000 children. The rate per 100,000 for child deaths from abuse or neglect has stayed steady since 2005. Fatalities decreased 5% compared with 2019. Almost half of the victims were younger than 1 year old.
At least one in seven children experienced child abuse or neglect in the past year in the United States. 3 This is likely an underestimate because many cases are unreported. In 2021, 1,820 children died of abuse and neglect in the United States. 4
120 million girls and young women under 20 years of age have suffered some form of forced sexual contact. Consequences of child maltreatment include impaired lifelong physical and mental health, and the social and occupational outcomes can ultimately slow a country's economic and social development. Child maltreatment is often hidden.
This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2021.
According to the latest available global data: • Every 4 minutes, somewhere in the world, a child is killed by an act of violence. • About 90 million children alive today have experienced sexual violence. • 650 million girls and women (1 in 5) alive today were subjected to sexual violence as children, including over 370 million (1 in 8 ...
The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) is a U.S. data archive which preserves and distributes quantitative child abuse data sets to researchers for analysis with statistics software.
How likely are children to be victims of abuse or neglect? Child maltreatment rates in the US. In 2021, 8.1 out of 1,000 children were found to be victims at least once of abuse or neglect. Rates of child abuse and neglect are down from a recent high in 2018.
Every 4 minutes, somewhere in the world, a child is killed by an act of violence. About 90 million children alive today have experienced sexual violence. 650 million girls and women (1 in 5) alive ...