Child Health USA 2005

Horizontal Bar Chart: Child Abuse and Neglect Among Children Under Age 18, by Type of Maltreatment: 2003

Horizontal Bar Chart: Child Abuse and Neglect Among Children Under Age 18, by Type of Maltreatment: 2003

(Percent of Abused/Neglected Children*)

Neglect/Medical Neglect 63.2
Physical Abuse 18.9
Other 16.9
Sexual Abuse 9.9
Psychological Maltreatment 4.9

*Percentages total more than 100 because some children are victims of more than one type of maltreatment.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Child maltreatment 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.
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