Table 1: Maltreatment Trend by State, rates per 10,000 youth (<18)
Sexual Abuse
% Change
U.S. Total
2004
11.8
1992- 20032004 2004
-49% -6%
Physical Abuse
% Change
2004
20.8
19922004
20032004
-43% -11%
Neglect±
% Change
2004
74.4
19922004
20032004
-6%
-5%
Alabama
20.7
-52%
0%
34.8
-51%
8%
37.5
-67%
13%
Arizona
2.8
-91%
45%
9.7
-54%
37%
36.4
-45%
54%
Arkansas
29.9
-2%
-3%
19.8
-52%
-1%
64.4
-11%
6%
California
8.3
-73%*
-21%*
14.3
-70%*
-23%*
69.4
.
12%*
Colorado
8.7
-60%
7%
15.4
-49%
2%
44.9
-16%
32%
Connecticut
7.5
-46%
14%
16.4
-68%
-3%
116.6
-20%
12%
Delaware
10.7
-8%
-5%
21.4
-13%
38%
26.7
-42%
6%
District of Columbia
10.0
256%
29%
33.2
-10%
-27%
186.3
-31%
-3%
Florida
13.4
-52%
-15%
42.7
-10%
-13%
102.0
-30%
-10%
Georgia
10.5
-65%
9%
24.4
-43%
29%
167.4
0%
4%
Hawaii
6.6
-35%
-15%
13.4
-56%
-17%
20.2
-14%
-20%
Idaho
3.1
-91%
0%
9.4
-84%
36%
35.5
-65%
20%
Illinois
18.3
2%
8%
25.4
66%
-17%
59.9
-33%
11%
Indiana
24.5
-51%
-9%
17.3
-65%
-26%
86.4
-21%
-6%
Iowa
12.5
-37%
-3%
28.8
-27%
-3%
155.7
165%
8%
Kansas
11.9
-6%
-4%
18.1
61%
-14%
20.1
121%
-15%
Kentucky
9.5
-65%
-12%
29.2
-59%
-9%
162.0
3%
12%
Louisiana
6.7
-39%
-7%
27.6
-15%
30%
69.9
-17%
-6%
Maine
18.5
-11%
-22%
40.3
25%
-10%
106.1
101%
-10%
Maryland
13.5
.
-10%
33.1
.
-14%
64.4
.
-8%
Massachusetts
7.2
-60%
-5%
36.6
-23%
-8%
220.3
66%
0%
Michigan
5.7
-45%
-8%
21.7
-6%
-5%
82.1
80%
0%
Minnesota
6.8
-40%
-10%
11.8
-69%
-19%
50.6
-13%
-8%
Mississippi
12.1
-51%
3%
17.1
-57%
-4%
42.3
-44%
-7%
Missouri
18.9
-11%
-6%
20.0
-19%
-1%
37.2
-52%
-4%
Montana
7.3
-80%
-7%
10.6
-89%
-80%
59.8
-59%
64%
Nebraska
8.8
-47%
0%
20.0
-48%
7%
87.3
20%
36%
Nevada
2.8
-77%
-7%
13.0
-71%
3%
61.0
-59%
-7%
New Hampshire
5.8
-68%
-19%
6.6
-33%
0%
20.4
40%
-8%
New Jersey
3.1
-64%
-13%
10.1
-72%
3%
24.2
-50%
-1%
New Mexico
6.9
-60%
-10%
37.3
-1%
-7%
89.2
1%
3%
New York
6.3
-60%
-6%
19.8
-58%
-8%
154.3
74%
-2%
North Carolina
5.6
-37%
-2%
5.5
-26%
12%
124.4
-22%
-14%
North Dakota
11.2
-12%
-6%
21.1
-71%
-6%
105.4
1%
17%
Ohio
27.1
-32%
4%
33.0
-37%
-15%
86.9
-17%
-4%
Oklahoma
10.1
-27%
-4%
27.6
-25%
3%
131.9
100%
3%
Oregon
13.5
-67%
3%
13.4
-56%
-1%
43.3
-3%
18%
Pennsylvania
9.9
-35%
8%
5.6
-56%
-5%
0.8
-46%
-26%
Rhode Island
6.7
-74%
-27%
24.4
-66%
1%
99.2
-16%
-9%
South Carolina
8.3
-58%
-2%
31.4
29%
-17%
69.1
-8%
-8%
South Dakota
4.0
-85%
-57%
14.6
-46%
-68%
79.3
-9%
-51%
Tennessee
25.7
13%
55%
33.8
53%
53%
57.7
49%
66%
Texas
10.9
-48%
-8%
21.2
-46%
-3%
57.6
-15%
4%
Utah
34.5
-11%
6%
23.1
-37%
-2%
39.2
21%
10%
Vermont
38.5
-31%
2%
41.7
42%
-12%
7.0
-74%
-1%
Virginia
6.1
-59%
2%
9.5
-59%
7%
24.8
-58%
9%
Washington
3.1
-83%**
2%
8.6
-79%**
8%
36.3
-47%**
14%
West Virginia
11.7
.
-22%
60.7
.
-16%
123.5
.
-1%
Wisconsin
30.8
-43%
-2%
10.0
-77%
-5%
20.5
-60%
4%
Wyoming
6.2
-78%
-16%
4.8
-88%
-50%
37.9
-62%
-12%
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±Neglect totals include medical neglect.
*Due to missing data for 1992+2003, the 1991+2002 rates, respectively, are used instead for California.
** Due to data missing prior to 1995, the 1995 rate is used in place of 1992 for Washington.
2004 data for Alaska is missing and therefore excluded
Source: NCANDS with additional calculations by CCRC; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 1992-2004 (Washington, DC: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1992-2006).
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