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Table 3-18     Recurrence within 6 Months 2000 - 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

State Percent 2000 Percent 2001 Percent 2002 Percent 2003 Percent 2004
Alabama      
Alaska      
Arizona 6.1 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.0
Arkansas 5.6 5.4 5.9 5.1 4.5
California 10.7 11.2 11.2 9.2 8.8
Colorado   3.3 3.0 4.0
Connecticut 11.4 11.0 11.8 10.1 8.9
Delaware 3.0 2.8 1.2 3.0 2.0
District of Columbia  8.3 6.4 8.1 12.6
Florida 6.7 8.4 8.7 9.2 9.2
Georgia      
Hawaii 6.4 7.2 4.8 6.0 4.5
Idaho  9.3 4.2 6.5 6.1
Illinois 9.7 10.1 7.5 7.5 7.6
Indiana 8.2 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.3
Iowa 11.8 11.2 11.4 11.4 10.0
Kansas 7.8 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.5
Kentucky 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.4 7.8
Louisiana 8.0 6.8 7.5 8.7 6.5
Maine 4.7 5.7 6.0 8.4 8.2
Maryland   8.0 6.9 7.0
Massachusetts 10.7 11.4 11.0 11.0 10.6
Michigan 3.3 3.6 7.8 7.0 5.5
Minnesota 4.6 5.3 5.9 5.4 5.2
Mississippi   4.6 4.3 4.5
Missouri 5.9 10.3 7.9 8.3 8.5
Montana 13.1 10.6 12.0 9.5 6.5
Nebraska 7.6 5.5 4.7 7.1 8.8
Nevada    5.3 5.2
New Hampshire 8.2 8.3 2.6 4.6 4.6
New Jersey 5.8 6.3 6.9 5.6 5.0
New Mexico 8.5 7.7 6.9 7.6 8.3
New York 12.9 14.1 13.7 14.3 14.0
North Carolina 8.5 8.5 9.0 8.2 7.7
North Dakota      
Ohio  8.2 8.2 8.4 7.5
Oklahoma 11.7 9.8 9.6 9.6 8.2
Oregon      
Pennsylvania 3.5 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.9
Rhode Island 12.4 11.0 10.2 11.1 7.8
South Carolina  3.4 3.9 2.9 2.2
South Dakota    14.4 6.9
Tennessee    3.4 3.6
Texas 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.5 4.0
Utah 7.1 7.1 7.7 7.7 7.2
Vermont 7.9 6.9 5.5 5.5 4.5
Virginia  1.8 2.2 2.1 3.0
Washington 11.9 11.7 10.8 10.8 9.6
West Virginia 6.7 5.7 7.9 10.1 11.1
Wisconsin      
Wyoming 6.8 5.9 8.1 5.6 3.1
Number Reporting 34 39 42 45 45
Number Met Standard * 10 13 16 17 19
Number Met Standard * 29.4 33.3 38.1 37.8 42.2
National Average Percent 8.6 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.1

* Standard: 6.1% or less. Back Data source: Child File.

Maltreatment Recurrence within 6 Months, 2000-2004
This table displays the percentage of maltreatment recurrence, by State. The Children’s Bureau has established a national standard for recurrence of maltreatment as 6.1% or fewer children who had another substantiated or indicated report within 6 months. The first column lists each State then the percentage for each of the 5 years. The number of reporting States in compliance has increased from 10 States in 2000 to 19 States in 2004.

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