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, 1998–2007

Characteristic	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007^a
(Substantiated maltreatment reports per 1,000 children ages 0–17)
Total	12.9	11.8	12.2	12.5	12.3	12.2	12.0	12.1	12.1	10.6
Gender
Male	—	—	11.4	11.7	11.5	11.5	11.3	11.3	11.4	10.0
Female	—	—	12.9	13.2	13.0	12.9	12.7	12.7	12.7	11.2
Race and Hispanic Origin^b
White, non-Hispanic	—	—	10.7	10.9	10.9	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.7	9.1
Black, non-Hispanic	—	—	21.5	21.8	20.8	20.7	20.1	19.5	19.8	16.7
Asian	—	—	2.0	3.7	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.5	14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	—	—	21.7	20.7	18.6	18.6	18.0	16.1	14.3	2.4
American Indian or Alaskan Native	—	—	20.5	26.5	21.8	21.5	16.5	16.5	15.9	13.6
Multiple Races	—	—	12.3	11.1	13.0	12.9	14.5	15.0	15.4	14.0
Hispanic	—	—	10.2	10.3	8.2	10.2	10.1	10.7	10.8	10.3
Age
Ages 0–3	—	—	15.7	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.5	16.8	15.0
Age <1	—	—	—	—	21.6	21.7	22.0	23.4	23.9	22.0
Ages 1–3	—	—	—	—	14.2	14.2	13.9	14.1	14.2	12.6
Ages 4–7	—	—	13.4	13.8	13.6	13.7	13.5	13.5	13.5	11.6
Ages 8–11	—	—	11.8	12.2	11.9	11.6	11.1	10.9	10.8	9.4
Ages 12–15	—	—	10.4	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.3	10.2	10.2	8.7
Ages 16–17	—	—	5.8	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.3	5.4
— Not available.
^a Data from 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 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, note that 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 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," since an individual child may have been maltreated more than once. Substantiated maltreatment includes the dispositions of substantiated, indicated, or alternative response-victim. Rates are based on the number of states submitting data to 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, and 50 in 2007. The number of states reporting on gender for the years of 2000–2007 was 50 in 2000, 51 in 2001, 51 in 2002, 51 in 2003, 50 in 2004, 51 in 2005, 51 in 2006, and 50 in 2007. The number of states reporting on race and Hispanic origin for the years 2000–2007 was 48 in 2000, 49 in 2001, 50 in 2002, 50 in 2003, 49 in 2004, 50 in 2005, 49 in 2006, and 46 in 2007. The number of states reporting on age for the years of 2000–2007 was 50 in 2000, 51 in 2001, 51 in 2002, 51 in 2003, 50 in 2004, 51 in 2005, 51 in 2006, and 50 in 2007. Rates from 1998–1999 are based on aggregated data submitted by states; rates from 2000–2007 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.