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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 4-6 Fatalities by Type of Maltreatment, 2002

Maltreatment Type	Number of Child Fatalities	Percentage of Child Fatalities
Neglect Only	347	37.6
Physical Abuse Only	276	29.9
Multiple Maltreatment Types1	266	28.9
Psychological or Other Maltreatment Only	29	3.1
Sexual Abuse Only	4	0.4
Total	922	99.9

Data Source: Child File.

Percent does not equal 100 due to rounding.

¹ Category includes a combination of any two or more maltreatment types. back

This table lists types of maltreatment in the first column in the following order: neglect only, physical abuse only, multiple maltreatment types, unknown psychological of other maltreatment only, and sexual abuse only. 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.

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