Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 1-1 NCANDS Data by Type, 2000
| Data Type | # of States | Child Population | Investigated Reports | Children
Subjects of an Investigation1 |
Child Victims2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Child-Specific | 34 | 56,477,121 | 78.1 | 1,334,344 | 76.3 | 2,381,960 | 79.4 | 677,281 | 77.1 |
| Aggregate | 17 | 15,816,691 | 21.9 | 413,376 | 23.7 | 617,761 | 20.6 | 201,678 | 22.9 |
| Total | 51 | 72,293,812 | 100.0 | 1,747,720 | 100.0 | 2,999,721 | 100.0 | 878,959 | 100.0 |
1 Total count of
children subjects of an investigation includes estimated counts for
Maryland and Nevada. Back
2 Total count of
victims includes an estimated count for Maryland. Back
Thirty-four States, accounting for 78 percent of the child population that totaled 72.3 million, submitted child-specific data. The remaining 17 States, accounting for 22 percent of the child population, submitted aggregate-level data. Data for more than 75 percent of investigated reports, children subjects of an investigation, and child victims were submitted at the child-specific level.
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