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Table 3-11 Victims by Age Group and Maltreatment Type, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

Age Group Total Victims Physical Abuse Neglect Medical Neglect Sexual Abuse Physiological Abuse Other Abuse Unknown Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Age <1-3 232,409 29,733 12.8 169,311 72.9 5,981 2.6 5,145 2.2 11,067 4.8 37,673 16.2 653 0.3 259,563 111.8
Age 4-7 187,275 31,389 16.8 119,794 64.0 2,870 1.5 17,018 9.1 11,954 6.4 27,377 14.6 497 0.3 210,899 112.7
Age 8-11 160,940 30,793 19.1 96,205 59.8 2,584 1.6 18,294 11.4 11,881 7.4 23,617 14.7 365 0.2 183,739 114.2
Age 12-15 158,104 36,089 22.8 85,362 54.0 2,617 1.7 26,133 16.5 10,716 6.8 22,222 14.1 424 0.3 183,563 116.2
Age 16 and Older 45,946 11,460 24.9 24,098 52.4 713 1.6 7,480 16.3 2,871 6.2 6,689 14.6 136 0.3 53,447 116.3
Unknown or Missing 2,397 532 22.2 1,462 61.0 26 1.1 278 11.6 207 8.6 76 3.2 5 0.2 2,586 107.9
Total 787,071 139,996   496,232   14,791   74,348   48,696   117,654   2,080   893,797  
Percent     17.8   63.0   1.9   9.4   6.2   14.9   0.3   113.5

Data source: Child File.
Based on data from 45 States.

Victims by Age Group and Maltreatment Type, 2004
This table first list the following age groups birth-3, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15, Age 16 and older, and unknown or missing. The next column displays the total number of victims for each age group. Then the number and percentage of victims are displayed by type of maltreatment. The total percentage is more than 100.0 because children may have been the victim of more than one type of maltreatment.

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