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Table 2-1     Screened-In and Screened-Out Referrals, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

State Child
Population		 Screened-Out
Referrals		 Screened-Out
Percentage		 Screened-In
Referrals1		 Screened-In
Percentage		 Total
Referrals		 Total
Rate2
Alabama 1,107,973 407 2.2 18,150 97.8 18,557 16.7
Alaska 189,289 1,441 11.1 11,558 88.9 12,999 628.7
Arizona 1,519,312 315 0.9 33,649 99.1 33,964 22.4
Arkansas 682,013 11,200 36.2 19,747 63.8 30,947 45.4
California Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Delaware 198,842 1,941 26.2 5,469 73.8 7,410 37.3
District of Columbia 108,403 260 5.3 4,673 94.7 4,933 45.5
Florida 3,924,123 91,228 36.7 157,474 63.3 248,702 63.4
Georgia 2,296,759 18,231 20.3 71,501 79.7 89,732 39.1
Hawaii Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Idaho 372,027 7,256 53.7 6,264 46.3 13,520 36.3
Illinois Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Indiana 1,603,901 16,540 32.5 34,388 67.5 50,928 31.8
Iowa 693,428 12,651 34.4 24,172 65.6 36,823 53.1
Kansas 695,081 11,464 42.0 15,840 58.0 27,304 39.3
Kentucky 994,182 2,178 4.6 45,348 95.4 47,526 47.8
Louisiana Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Maine 286,746 12,269 70.4 5,152 29.6 17,421 60.8
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 1,487,118 23,344 37.0 39,691 63.0 63,035 42.4
Michigan Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Minnesota 1,248,770 21,167 54.6 17,587 45.4 38,754 31.0
Mississippi 761,268 5,333 25.0 15,998 75.0 21,331 28.0
Missouri 1,407,342 53 0.1 55,580 99.9 55,633 39.5
Montana 215,774 5,994 39.9 9,023 60.1 15,017 69.6
Nebraska 440,840 6,624 48.1 7,160 51.9 13,784 31.3
Nevada 581,397 5,337 28.1 13,641 71.9 18,978 32.6
New Hampshire 306,231 10,559 60.6 6,878 39.4 17,437 56.9
New Jersey Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Mexico 502,034 10,301 40.3 15,278 59.7 25,579 51.0
New York Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Carolina Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Oklahoma 878,243 21,035 36.5 36,641 63.5 57,676 65.7/td>
Oregon 849,172 21,903 51.6 20,552 48.4 42,455 50.0
Pennsylvania Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Rhode Island 244,049 5,559 44.2 7,012 55.8 12,571 51.5
South Carolina 1,023,504 8,070 30.4 18,449 69.6 26,519 25.9
South Dakota 195,426 10,584 65.7 5,534 34.3 16,118 82.5
Tennessee Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Texas 6,240,162 21,182 13.7 133,827 86.3 155,009 24.8
Utah 742,927 10,523 34.3 20,113 65.7 30,636 41.2
Vermont Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Virginia 1,798,767 22,079 58.0 15,975 42.0 38,054 21.2
Washington 1,496,581 38,825 56.2 30,222 43.8 69,047 46.1
West Virginia 390,901 7,128 26.7 19,604 73.3 26,732 68.4
Wisconsin Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell  Blank Cell 
Wyoming 121,073 2,818 54.2 2,381 45.8 5,199 42.9
Total 35,603,658 445,799 Blank Cell  944,531 Blank Cell  1,390,330 Blank Cell 
Weighted Percent Blank Cell Blank Cell 32.1 Blank Cell 67.9 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Weighted Rate Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 39.1
Number Reporting 34 34 Blank Cell  34 Blank Cell  34 Blank Cell 

This table indicates the numbers and percentages of referrals that were screened in and screened out during the year 2003. The first column lists the name of each State and the second indicates the child population for the corresponding State. The third column lists the number of screened-out referrals followed by a listing of the percentage of these screened-out referrals. The fifth and sixth columns, similarly, indicate the numbers and rates of screened-in referrals. The seventh column adds the number of screened-out and screened-in referrals for a column with the total number of referrals for each State. The last column lists the total rate of referrals for each State. The total number of referrals for all of the States was an estimated 2,900,000 with a rate of 39.1 of the total child population.



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