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Table 2-4 Investigations by Disposition, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

State Substantiated Indicated Alternative
Response
Victim		 Alternative
Response
NonVictim		 Unsubstantiated Intentionally
False		 Closed With
No Finding		 Other Unknown or
Missing		 Total
Investigations
Alabama 6,147 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,552 Blank Cell 1,121 Blank Cell Blank Cell 17,820
Alaska 4,260 3,736 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,344 Blank Cell 235 Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,575
Arizona 3,319 84 Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,782 Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,464 Blank Cell 33,649
Arkansas 5,646 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 13,298 Blank Cell 682 9 112 19,747
California Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado 5,923 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,380 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,059 Blank Cell 29,362
Connecticut 9,267 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 32,802
Delaware 1,022 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,023 Blank Cell 424 Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,469
District of Columbia 1,456 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,980 Blank Cell 237 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,673
Florida 33,427 46,274 Blank Cell Blank Cell 75,523 135 Blank Cell 393 1,722 157,474
Georgia 26,152 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 45,349 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 71,501
Hawaii 2,035 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,859 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,894
Idaho 975 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,289 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,264
Illinois 16,340 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 42,736 204 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 59,280
Indiana 14,997 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,308 Blank Cell 82 Blank Cell 1 34,388
Iowa 8,861 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,311 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 24,172
Kansas 3,878 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,962 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,840
Kentucky 9,964 Blank Cell 1,625 11,068 19,978 Blank Cell 1,910 803 Blank Cell 45,348
Louisiana 7,187 Blank Cell Blank Cell 743 16,927 Blank Cell 576 47 Blank Cell 25,480
Maine 2,632 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,520 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,152
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 22,051 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 17,640 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 39,691
Michigan 16,921 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 57,754 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 74,675
Minnesota 6,164 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,905 6,518 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 17,587
Mississippi 4,126 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,872 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,998
Missouri 7,053 Blank Cell Blank Cell 35,871 11,065 Blank Cell 1,583 2 6 55,580
Montana 994 186 Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,608 Blank Cell 1,234 Blank Cell 1 9,023
Nebraska 2,379 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,643 Blank Cell 138 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,160
Nevada 2,688 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 10,514 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 439 13,641
New Hampshire 766 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,659 15 438 Blank Cell Blank Cell 6,878
New Jersey 5,872 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,400 7,490 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 42,762
New Mexico 4,060 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,218 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 15,278
New York 45,897 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 103,950 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 149,847
North Carolina 17,417 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 42,080 Blank Cell Blank Cell 86 Blank Cell 59,583
North Dakota 766 Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,126 Blank Cell 7 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,899
Ohio 18,619 12,701 Blank Cell Blank Cell 35,706 Blank Cell 1,229 Blank Cell 144 68,399
Oklahoma 7,261 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,919 19,366 Blank Cell 2,095 Blank Cell Blank Cell 36,641
Oregon 6,510 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 8,516 Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,526 Blank Cell 20,552
Pennsylvania 4,571 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 19,030 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 23,601
Rhode Island 2,168 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,691 Blank Cell 153 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,012
South Carolina 6,448 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 12,001 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 18,449
South Dakota 924 1,581 Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,594 Blank Cell 425 Blank Cell 10 5,534
Tennessee 5,950 527 Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,840 1 2,472 Blank Cell Blank Cell 29,790
Texas 33,093 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 72,372 Blank Cell 6,436 21,926 Blank Cell 133,827
Utah 7,714 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 11,612 35 752 Blank Cell Blank Cell 20,113
Vermont 1,012 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,854 39 27 Blank Cell 4 2,936
Virginia 4,513 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,467 Blank Cell Blank Cell 7,995 Blank Cell 15,975
Washington 4,037 Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,022 12,028 Blank Cell 806 9,329 Blank Cell 30,222
West Virginia 5,836 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 12,004 Blank Cell 1,704 Blank Cell 60 19,604
Wisconsin 10,174 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 25,842 Blank Cell Blank Cell 5,361 Blank Cell 41,377
Wyoming 490 Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,177 714 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 2,381
Total 419,962 65,089 1,625 98,231 918,304 436 24,759 60,000 2,499 1,590,905
Weighted Percent 26.4 4.1 0.1 6.2 57.7 0.0 1.6 3.8 0.2 100.0
Number Reporting 49 7 1 9 48 7 22 13 10 49


This table breaks the total number of investigations into various NCANDS classifications—substantiated, indicated, alternative response victim, alternative response nonvictim, unsubstantiated, intentionally false, closed with no finding, other, and unknown or missing. More than one-quarter of investigations or assessments resulted in a disposition of substantiated (26.4%), indicated (4.1%), or alternative response victim (0.1%) meaning that at least one child involved in the investigation was found to be a victim.



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