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Table 2-5     Report Dispositions by Source, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

Report Sources	Substantiated		Indicated		Alternative Response Victim		Alternative Response Nonvictim		Unsubstantiated		Intentionally False		Closed with no Finding		Other		Unknown		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Professionals
Educational Personnel	55,587	13.1	7,086	12.7	148	7.9	16,333	17.2	182,343	17.6	42	4.5	2,046	7.4	11,723	20.1	69	6.9	275,377
Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel	113,041	26.6	15,769	28.3	213	11.3	11,341	12.0	110,858	10.7	62	6.7	3,036	10.9	7,506	12.9	104	10.5	261,930
Social Services Personnel	52,854	12.4	6,766	12.1	78	4.2	7,196	7.6	97,863	9.5	37	4.0	2,799	10.1	4,016	6.9	137	13.8	171,746
Medical Personnel	45,111	10.6	3,431	6.2	49	2.6	6,965	7.3	73,784	7.1	22	2.4	1,392	5.0	4,808	8.2	36	3.6	135,598
Mental Health Personnel	14,222	3.3	1,191	3.6	36	1.9	3,335	3.5	45,533	4.4	6	0.6	689	2.5	2,882	4.9	28	2.8	68,722
Child Daycare Providers	2,924	0.7	414	0.7	blank Cell	blank Cell	638	0.7	10,711	1.0	6	0.6	142	0.5	756	1.3	13	1.3	15,604
Foster Care Providers	2,101	0.5	117	0.2	5	0.3	492	0.5	6,892	0.7	1	0.1	114	0.4	116	0.2	5	0.5	9,843
Total Professionals	285,840	67.3	35,574	63.8	529	28.2	46,300	48.8	527,984	51.1	176	19.0	10,218	36.8	31,807	54.5	392	39.5	938,820
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Nonprofessionals
Anonymous Reporters	21,933	5.2	3,467	6.2	148	7.9	6,030	6.4	124,206	12.0	213	23.0	2,385	8.6	5,078	8.7	45	4.5	163,505
Other Reporters	31,986	7.5	3,641	6.5	320	17.0	8,045	8.5	92,526	9.0	83	8.9	2,647	9.5	4,353	7.5	70	7.0	143,671
Other Relatives	27,466	6.5	5,023	9.0	118	6.3	4,962	5.2	87,429	8.5	111	12.0	2,838	10.2	6,163	10.6	48	4.8	134,158
Parents	16,907	4.0	3,636	6.5	121	6.4	5,509	5.8	69,447	6.7	210	22.6	1,475	5.3	5,440	9.3	52	5.2	102,797
Friends or Neighbors	14,534	3.4	3,014	5.4	244	13.0	4,939	5.2	63,754	6.2	113	12.2	2,170	7.8	4,186	7.2	24	2.4	92,978
Unknown Reporters	23,703	5.6	500	0.9	375	20.0	18,448	19.5	60,266	5.8	11	1.2	5,877	21.2	978	1.7	337	33.9	110,495
Alleged Victims	1,942	0.5	625	1.1	23	1.2	595	0.6	7,036	0.7	9	1.0	115	0.4	328	0.6	21	2.1	10,694
Alleged Perpetrators	547	0.1	274	0.5	blank Cell	blank Cell	13	0.0	752	0.1	2	0.2	10	0.0	27	0.0	4	0.4	1,629
Total Nonprofessionals	139,018	32.7	20,180	36.2	1,349	71.8	48,541	51.2	505,416	48.9	752	81.0	17,517	63.2	26,553	45.5	601	60.5	759,927
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Total	424,858	blank Cell	55,754	blank Cell	1,878	blank Cell	94,841	blank Cell	1,033,400	blank Cell	928	blank Cell	27,735	blank Cell	58,360	blank Cell	993	blank Cell	1,698,747
Percent	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.00	blank Cell	100.00	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell
Number Reporting	blank Cell	44	blank Cell	6	blank Cell	2	blank Cell	9	blank Cell	44	blank Cell	7	blank Cell	21	blank Cell	11	blank Cell	10	44

Data source: Child File.

Report Dispositions by Source, 2004
This table lists the source of reports, broken into the two categories of professional and nonprofessional, and shows the number and percentage of dispositions for each source. According to the table, one-quarter (26.6%) of substantiated reported were referred by legal, law enforcement, or justice personnel.

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