FAM7.A Child maltreatment: Rate of substantiated maltreatment reports of children ages 0–17 by selected characteristics, 1998

FAM7.A Child maltreatment: Rate of substantiated maltreatment reports of children ages 0–17 by selected characteristics, 1998–2009

Characteristic	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007^a	2008^a	2009^a
(Substantiated maltreatment reports per 1,000 children ages 0–17)
Totals	12.9	11.8	12.2	12.5	12.3	12.2	12.0	12.1	12.1	10.6	10.3	10.1
Gender
Male	—	—	11.4	11.7	11.5	11.5	11.3	11.3	11.4	10.0	9.7	9.5
Female	—	—	12.9	13.2	13.0	12.9	12.7	12.7	12.7	11.2	10.8	10.6
Race and Hispanic Origin^b
White, non-Hispanic	—	—	10.7	10.9	10.9	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.7	9.1	8.6	8.5
Black, non-Hispanic	—	—	21.5	21.8	20.8	20.7	20.1	19.5	19.8	16.7	16.6	16.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	—	—	20.5	26.5	21.8	21.5	16.5	16.5	15.9	14.1	13.9	12.8
Asian	—	—	2.0	3.7	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	—	—	21.7	20.7	18.6	18.6	18.0	16.1	14.3	13.6	11.6	11.6
Two or more races	—	—	12.3	11.1	13.0	12.9	14.5	15.0	15.4	14.0	13.8	12.1
Hispanic	—	—	10.2	10.3	8.2	10.2	10.1	10.7	10.8	10.3	9.8	9.3
Age
Ages 0–3	—	—	15.7	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.5	16.8	15.0	14.7	14.6
Age < 1	—	—	—	—	21.6	21.7	22.0	23.4	23.9	22.0	21.7	21.3
Ages 1–3	—	—	—	—	14.2	14.2	13.9	14.1	14.2	12.6	12.3	12.4
Ages 4–7	—	—	13.4	13.8	13.6	13.7	13.5	13.5	13.5	11.6	11.0	10.7
Ages 8–11	—	—	11.8	12.2	11.9	11.6	11.1	10.9	10.8	9.4	9.2	8.8
Ages 12–15	—	—	10.4	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.3	10.2	10.2	8.7	8.4	8.2
Ages 16–17	—	—	5.8	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.3	5.4	5.5	5.6
— Not available.
^a Data since 2007 are not directly comparable with prior years as differences may be partially attributed to changes in one state’s procedures for determination of maltreatment. Other reasons include the increase in children who received an “other” disposition, the decrease in the percentage of children who received a substantiated or indicated disposition, and the decrease in the number of children who received an investigation or assessment.
^b The revised 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards were used for Race and Hispanic origin, where respondents could choose one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or American Indian or Alaska Native. Those reporting more than one race were classified as “Two or more races.” In addition, data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately, but are combined for reporting. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
NOTE: The count of child victims is based on the number of investigations or assessments by Child Protective Services that found the child to be a victim of one or more types of maltreatment. The count of victims is, therefore, a report-based count and is a "duplicated count," because an individual child may have been maltreated more than once. Substantiated maltreatment includes the dispositions of substantiated, indicated, or alternative response victims. Rates are based on the number of states submitting data to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) each year; states include the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The overall rate of maltreatment is based on the following number of states for each year: 51 in 1998, 50 in 1999, 50 in 2000, 51 in 2001, 51 in 2002, 51 in 2003, 50 in 2004, 52 in 2005, 51 in 2006, 50 in 2007, 51 in 2008, and 52 in 2009. The number of states reporting on sex for each year from 2000 to the present was 50 in 2000, 51 in 2001, 51 in 2002, 51 in 2003, 50 in 2004, 51 in 2005, 51 in 2006, 50 in 2007, 51 in 2008 and 52 in 2009. The number of states reporting on race and Hispanic origin for each year from 2000 to the present was 48 in 2000, 49 in 2001, 50 in 2002, 50 in 2003, 49 in 2004, 50 in 2005, 49 in 2006, 46 in 2007, 47 in 2008, and 48 in 2009. The number of states reporting on age for each year from 2000 to the present was 50 in 2000, 51 in 2001, 51 in 2002, 51 in 2003, 50 in 2004, 51 in 2005, 51 in 2006, 50 in 2007, 51 in 2008, and 52 in 2009. Rates from 1998 to 1999 are based on aggregated data submitted by states; rates from 2000 to present are based on case-level data submitted by the states. The reporting year changed in 2003 from the calendar year to the Federal fiscal year. Additional technical notes are available in the annual reports entitled Child Maltreatment. These reports are available on the Internet at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/index.htm#can.
SOURCE: Administration for Children and Families, National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System.