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The actual number of child Fatalities is believed to be much higher than official statistics.

More than 25 million reports of maltreatment made to government agencies in the last 10 years.

15,510 children died from child abuse and neglect during the 2001-2010 period.

Child fatalities with unknown perpetrator relationship accounted for 5.6 percent.

1,640 children died in 2012 from abuse and neglect!

From 2005 to 2009, Congress cut federal funding to states to treat and protect abused and neglected children by 17%.

Child abuse and neglect costs America $109.1 billion a year

In 2008, there were 758,289 victims of child abuse and neglect.

Nearly three-quarters (70.3%) of all child fatalities were younger than 3 years

6,000,000 referrals to Child Protction Services every year in the U.S.

In 2009, child neglect accounted for nearly 36 percent of fatalities.

80% of child fatalities involve parents

3/4ths of children who die from abuse or neglect are under 4 years old.

Infants younger than 1 year old are 48% of child abuse and neglect fatalities.

4+ U.S. Children Die Every Day from Physical Child Abuse and Neglect

America's Child Death Shame - a BBC report

"Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US. The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009. A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500. In fact, America has the worst child abuse record in the industrialised world. Why? The BBC's Natalia Antelava investigates."

This is a well done, heart wrenching view of the issue of abuse and neglect in the United States.

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U.S. & Canada BBC Report on Child Abuse in America