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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 3-3     Rates of Children Subjects of an Investigation or Assessment and Rates of Victimization, 1990-2002

Reporting Year	Child Population	Investigation Rate	States Reporting	Total Children Subjects of an Investigation or Assessment	Victim Rate	States Reporting	Total Victims
1990	64,163,192	36.1	36	2,316,000	13.4	45	860,000
1991	65,069,507	38.2	39	2,486,000	14.0	46	911,000
1992	66,073,841	41.2	41	2,722,000	15.1	48	998,000
1993	66,961,573	42.1	42	2,819,000	15.3	47	1,025,000
1994	67,803,294	42.1	42	2,855,000	15.2	46	1,031,000
1995	68,437,378	42.2	43	2,888,000	14.7	47	1,006,000
1996	69,022,127	42.0	42	2,899,000	14.7	46	1,015,000
1997	69,527,944	41.9	44	2,913,000	13.7	45	953,000
1998	69,872,059	42.1	51	2,939,000	12.9	51	904,000
1999	70,199,435	41.0	50	2,878,000	11.8	50	828,000
2000	72,346,696	41.9	49	3,031,000	12.2	50	883,000
2001	72,616,308	43.2	48	3,137,000	12.4	51	903,000
2002	72,894,483	43.8	50	3,193,000	12.3	51	896,000

Data source: CAF.

Victimization and investigation rates were computed by dividing the respective counts of children by the population and multiplying by 1,000.

All totals are rounded to the nearest 100,000. If fewer than 51 States respond data, the total is an estimate based on multiplying the rate by the child population for that year.

This table first lists each year from 1990 to 2002. The second column lists the child population in each year followed by the investigation rate in the third column. The fourth column lists the number of reporting States. The next column lists the total number of children who were subjects of an investigation or assessment, then the victim rate is listed. Next is a column listing the number of States reporting the victimization data and a column listing the total number of victims. The total victims column is an estimated number of victims, rounded to the 100,000.

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