Child Maltreatment 2002
Figure 3-4     Victimization Rates by Age Group, 2002

This bar graph breaks the victim population into age groups as follows: 0-3, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15, and 16-17. According to this chart, the most largely victimized age group is the youngest, with a rate of 16.0 per 1,000 children of the same age group. The oldest children were victimized the least frequently.

Age	Rate Per 1,000 Children
0-3	16.0
4-7	13.7
8-11	11.9
12-15	10.6
16-17	6.0

 

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