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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

Child Maltreatment 2011: Summary of Key Findings

This factsheet presents summarized information from Child Maltreatment 2011, a report based on data submissions by State child protective services agencies for Federal fiscal year 2011. Statistics in the Child Maltreatment reports are based on data submitted to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), a voluntary reporting system that was developed by the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to collect and analyze annual statistics on child maltreatment.

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Child Maltreatment 2011: Summary of Key Findings

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