New U.S. Data Shows Almost 3% Rise In Child Abuse
The number of U.S. children victimized by abuse and neglect increased by nearly 3 percent in the latest annual reporting period, according to new federal data. According to the report released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services, the estimated number of victimized children in the 2014 fiscal year was 702,208 — up from 682,307 in 2013. The report estimated fatalities attributable to child abuse and neglect at 1,580 — up from 1,530 in 2013. READ MORE HERE
2014 Children’s Advocacy Center Statistics Highlights
2014 Full Child Advocacy Center Statistics
Among the over 315,000 children served by Children’s Advocacy Centers around the country in 2014, some startling statistics include:
- 116,940 children were ages 0 to 6 years
- 115,959 children were ages 7 to 12 years
- 81,025 children were ages 13 to 18 years
- 205,438 children reported sexual abuse
- 60,897 children reported physical abuse
- 211,831 children participated in on-site forensic interviewing at a Children’s Advocacy Center
Among the over 244,000 alleged offenders investigated for instances of child abuse in 2014, some startling statistics include:
- 154,529 were 18+ years old
- 26,294 were ages 13 to 17 years
- 20,040 were under age 13 years
- 95,913 were a parent or step-parent of the victim
- 127,358 were related or known to the child victim in another way
- 23,696 were an unrelated person the victim knew
1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for Children & Families. Child Maltreatment 2013.http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/child-maltreatment-2013
2 National Children’s Alliance 2013 and 2014 national statistics collected from Children’s Advocacy Center members and available on the NCA website: http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/cac-statistics
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By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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