Figure 4-2 Fatalities by Perpetrator Relationship, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003
Fatalities by Perpetrator Relationship, 2003
This pie chart indicates that 30 percent of child fatalities were perpetrated by the mother acting alone. Three-quarters (78.2%) of fatalities were cause by one or more parents. Such nonparental perpetrators as daycare providers, foster parents, or residential facility staff were responsible for 17.7 percent of fatalities.
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