Figure 4-2 Perpetrator Relationships of Fatalities, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004
Perpetrator Relationships of Fatalities, 2004
This pie chart indicates that 31.3 percent of child fatalities were perpetrated by the mother acting alone. Three-quarters (78.9%) of fatalities were cause by one or more parents. Such nonparental perpetrators as daycare providers, foster parents, or residential facility staff were responsible for 10.7 percent of fatalities.
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