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Table 4-5     Fatalities by Perpetrator Relationship, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

Perpetrator Number of
Fatality Fatalities
Percent of
Fatality Fatalities
Mother Only 250 30.5
Father Only 149 18.2
Mother and Father 167 20.4
Mother and Other 67 8.2
Father and Other 7 0.9
Nonparental perpetrator 145 17.7
Unknown or Missing 35 4.3
Total 820 100.2

Data source: Child file.
Based on data from 32 states.
Percent does not equal 100 due to rounding.


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