Table 3-12 Race of Victims by Maltreatment Type, 2005
Child Maltreatment 2005
| Race | Neglect | Physical Abuse | Medical Neglect | Sexual Abuse | Psychological, Other, or Unknown Maltreatment |
Multiple Maltreatments | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| African-American | 95,891 | 51.6 | 26,047 | 14.0 | 2,583 | 1.4 | 11,040 | 5.9 | 27,751 | 14.9 | 22,524 | 12.1 | 185,836 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5,636 | 64.6 | 634 | 7.3 | 78 | 0.9 | 361 | 4.1 | 872 | 10.0 | 1,149 | 13.2 | 8,730 |
| Asian | 3,224 | 49.6 | 1,079 | 16.6 | 34 | 0.5 | 378 | 5.8 | 971 | 14.9 | 820 | 12.6 | 6,506 |
| Pacific Islander | 533 | 32.8 | 187 | 11.5 | 10 | 0.6 | 100 | 6.2 | 519 | 32.0 | 274 | 16.9 | 1,623 |
| Hispanic | 75,011 | 53.9 | 14,391 | 10.3 | 1,139 | 0.8 | 9,627 | 6.9 | 20,227 | 14.5 | 18,719 | 13.5 | 139,114 |
| Multiple Race | 9,868 | 55.4 | 1,514 | 8.5 | 101 | 0.6 | 679 | 3.8 | 2,603 | 14.6 | 3,053 | 17.1 | 17,818 |
| White | 198,065 | 51.3 | 39,665 | 10.3 | 2,707 | 0.7 | 32,974 | 8.5 | 55,395 | 14.3 | 57,412 | 14.9 | 386,218 |
| Unknown or Missing | 23,713 | 55.6 | 5,973 | 14.0 | 400 | 0.9 | 4,143 | 9.7 | 3,517 | 8.2 | 4,920 | 11.5 | 42,666 |
| Total | 411,941 | Blank Cell | 89,490 | Blank Cell | 7,052 | Blank Cell | 59,302 | Blank Cell | 111,855 | Blank Cell | 108,871 | Blank Cell | 788,511 |
| Percent | Blank Cell | 52.2 | Blank Cell | 11.3 | Blank Cell | 0.9 | Blank Cell | 7.5 | Blank Cell | 14.2 | Blank Cell | 13.8 | Blank Cell |
Based on data from 48 States.
Race of Victims by Maltreatment Type, 2005
The first column of this table lists the type of Race or ethnicity. The next five columns list the number and percent of victims by maltreatment type. The last column lists the total number of victims for each race. For all racial categories, the largest percentage of victims suffered from neglect.
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