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4.4 million child maltreatment referral reports received.
Child abuse reports involved 7.9 million children.
91.4% of victims are maltreated by one or both parents.
Only 3.4 million children received prevention & post-response services.
142,056 children received foster care services.
491,710 victims (74.9%) are neglected.
115,100 victims (17.5%) are physically abused.
60,927 victims (9.3%) are sexually abused.
39,824 victims (6.1%) are psychologically maltreated.
Highest rate of child abuse in children under age one (25.7 per 1,000).
Annual estimate: 1,840 children died from abuse and neglect in 2019.
Five children die every day from child abuse.
Seventy (70.3%) percent of all child fatalities were younger than 3 years old.
79.7% of child fatalities involve at least one parent.
Of the children who died, 72.9% suffered child neglect.
Of the children who died, 44.4% suffered physical abuse either exclusively or in combination with another maltreatment type.
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