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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 2-3     Distribution of the Source of Reports, 1998-2002

Source	1998 Number	1998 %	1999 Number	1999 %	2000 Number	2000 %	2001 Number	2001 %	2002 Number	2002 %
Professionals
Educational Personnel	193,051	14.9	200,339	15.4	186,021	16.4	191,612	16.5	195,207	16.4
Legal, Law Enforcement, Justice Personnel	162,194	12.5	166,182	12.8	161,628	14.3	170,474	14.7	174,175	14.6
Social Services Personnel	153,357	11.9	162,861	12.5	132,433	11.7	143,182	12.3	146,939	12.3
Medical Personnel	112,534	8.7	112,800	8.7	95,372	8.4	93,495	8.0	95,904	8.1
Child Day Care Providers	15,723	1.2	15,630	1.5	13,506	1.2	13,909	1.2	12,698	1.1
Foster Care Providers	11,979	0.9	11,640	0.9	10,186	0.9	10,382	0.9	10,824	0.9
Total Professionals	679,929	52.6	701,443	54.0	631,703	55.8	657,390	56.6	673,533	56.6
Nonprofessionals
Anonymous or Unknown	156,792	12.1	147,411	11.4	144,401	12.7	148,377	12.8	156,489	13.1
Other	129,620	10.0	111,455	8.6	103,811	9.2	100,832	8.7	104,026	8.7
Other Relatives	116,519	9.0	131,814	10.2	95,012	8.4	96,346	8.3	98,321	8.3
Parents	91,154	7.1	93,930	7.2	80,166	7.1	81,643	7.0	80,714	6.8
Friends or Neighbors	104,182	8.1	99,018	7.6	67,480	6.0	67,629	5.8	68,164	5.7
Alleged Victims	12,674	1.0	12,062	0.9	9,824	0.9	8,816	0.8	8,347	0.7
Alleged Perpetrators	1855	0.1	1417	0.1	412	0.0	452	0.0	567	0.0
Total Nonprofessionals	612,769	47.4	597,107	46.0	501,106	44.2	504,095	43.4	516,628	43.4
Total Number	1,292,725	blank Cell	1,298,550	blank Cell	1,132,809	blank Cell	1,161,485	blank Cell	1,190,161	blank Cell
Total Percent	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0
Number Reporting	38	blank Cell	38	blank Cell	38	blank Cell	38	blank Cell	38	blank Cell

This table lists the number of child maltreatment reports from various sources, and the percentage from each, during the years 1998 through 2002. The report sources are separated into professional and nonprofessional categories. The first column for each year provides the total number of reports from these sources, while the second column provides the percentages of reports. Trend tables only contain data for those States that reported report source data for all 5 years.

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