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Table 3-6 Distribution of Maltreatment Type of Victims by Report Source, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

Report Source	Physical Abuse		Neglect		Medical Neglect		Sexual Abuse		Psychological Maltreatment		Other Abuse		Unknown Maltreatment
Report Source	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Professionals
Educational Personnel	32,583	21.8	45,487	10.8	3,046	15.8	7,367	11.1	5,385	13.0	9,078	6.7	296	12.4
Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel	32,119	21.5	108,363	25.7	1,468	7.6	16,923	25.6	12,412	29.9	48,318	35.6	917	38.3
Social Services Personnel	16,614	11.1	56,282	13.4	2,917	15.1	10,191	15.4	5,057	12.2	17,349	12.8	169	7.1
Medical Personnel	15,925	10.6	32,430	7.7	5,112	26.4	5,635	8.5	2,003	4.8	7,985	5.9	226	9.4
Mental Health Personnel	4,410	2.9	8,063	1.9	654	3.4	4,371	6.6	2,025	4.9	2,571	1.9	114	4.8
Child Daycare Providers	2,073	1.4	2,832	0.7	209	1.1	387	0.6	238	0.6	566	0.4	13	0.5
Foster Care Providers	852	0.6	1,825	0.4	77	0.4	760	1.1	232	0.6	436	0.3	22	0.9
Total Professionals	104,576	69.9	255,282	60.6	13,483	69.8	45,634	69.0	27,352	65.9	86,303	63.6	1,757	73.4
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Nonprofessionals
Anonymous Reporters	6,579	4.4	35,012	8.3	1,112	5.8	1,971	3.0	2,472	6.0	11,771	8.7	78	3.3
Other Reporters	9,075	6.1	34,161	8.1	1,162	6.0	4,692	7.1	2,489	6.0	6,538	4.8	210	8.8
Other Relatives	9,911	6.6	35,382	8.4	1,681	8.7	4,119	6.2	4,099	9.9	10,935	8.1	170	7.1
Parents	8,146	5.4	19,283	4.6	854	4.4	5,200	7.9	2,427	5.8	8,817	6.5	88	3.7
Friends or Neighbors	4,265	2.9	22,321	5.3	680	3.5	1,577	2.4	1,545	3.7	7,251	5.3	73	3.1
Unknown Reporters	5,548	3.7	17,769	4.2	281	1.5	2,267	3.4	717	1.7	3,216	2.4	5	0.2
Alleged Victims	1,222	0.8	1,435	0.3	57	0.3	553	0.8	358	0.9	526	0.4	9	0.4
Alleged Perpetrators	269	0.2	688	0.2	20	0.1	120	0.2	53	0.1	384	0.3	3	0.1
Total Nonprofessionals	45,015	30.1	166,051	39.4	5,847	30.2	20,499	31.0	14,160	34.1	49,438	36.4	636	26.6
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This table lists report source, by the two categories of professional and nonprofessional, and displays the number and percentage of victims by disposition. The first column lists report source, then each subsequent column lists the number and percentage of victims by disposition. The dispositions are: physical abuse, neglect, medical neglect, sexual abuse, psychological maltreatment, other, and unknown. More than 40 percent of physical abuse victims were reported to CPS by educational personnel or legal and justice personnel.

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Table 3-6 Distribution of Maltreatment Type of Victims by Report Source, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003