Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
*CA/N
Every year, on average 6-7 million children (ages 0-17) are reported as possible victims of CA/N.
3 million reports are deemed needing investigation.
*One report can include multiple children.
550,000 children are found to be victims of CA/N.
Neglect is the most common form of abuse in the USA. 74% of victims are neglected, 17% are physically abused, 11% are sexually abused, and 0.2% are sex trafficked.
Roughly 80% of perpetrators were parents/guardians.
Highest rate of child abuse happened to children under the age of 1
5 children die from CA/N every day.
The financial cost of CA/N in the US is estimated at $585 billion.
Abusers are equally split between male and female.