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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 5-6 Child Fatality Victims by Type of Maltreatment, 2000

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

Maltreatment Type	Number of Child Fatalities	Percentage of Child Fatalities
Neglect Only	247	34.9
Physical Abuse Only	197	27.8
Physical Abuse and Neglect	157	22.2
Neglect and Any Maltreatment Type	32	4.5
Physical Abuse and Any Maltreatment Type	28	4.0
Any Except Physical Abuse and Neglect	12	1.7
Unknown	35	4.9
Total	bold708	bold100.0

Based on data from 25 States: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

This table lists types of maltreatment in the first column in the following order: neglect only, physical abuse only, physical abuse and neglect, neglect and any maltreatment type, physical abuse and any maltreatment type, any except physical abuse and neglect, unknown. The following column is a number of child fatalities that occurred as a result of the specified type of maltreatment. The third and last column gives a percentage of child fatalities that occurred as a result of each type of maltreatment. This is based on data from 23 States.

 

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