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Table G4-2: Victimization Rates, by Type of Maltreatment, by State, 1990 and 1998 (SDC)

State

1990 Child Population

1998 Child Population

1990 Physical Abuse

1998 Physical Abuse

1990 Neglect

1998 Neglect

1990 Sexual Maltreatment

1998 Sexual Maltreatment

1990 Psych. Abuse

1998 Psych. Abuse

Alabama

1,064,350

1,084,135

4.4

6.1

8.8

7.1

2.9

3.3

1.2

1.0

Alaska

172,870

192,261

10.9

9.5

14.5

22.6

5.7

4.0

0.3

1.0

Arizona

986,247

1,263,404

2.8

1.7

6.7

4.3

3.3

0.3

0.6

0.1

Arkansas

623,703

653,721

4.4

3.6

7.8

8.8

3.8

3.6

1.2

0.1

California

7,809,896

8,911,372

5.3

4.6

0.5

9.2

3.4

2.4

0.7

1.4

Connecticut

753,784

790,715

3.7

3.5

12.5

18.5

1.3

0.9

-

-

Delaware

164,180

179,071

1.9

4.1

4.6

6.4

1.1

1.4

1.1

2.6

District of Columbia

118,639

102,959

11.8

4.0

90.0

36.3

0.8

0.9

-

-

Florida

2,883,834

3,539,932

4.6

4.4

13.9

9.6

2.9

1.7

1.4

0.7

Hawaii

281,844

298,327

2.8

0.8

2.0

0.6

0.8

0.5

0.8

0.1

Idaho

309,394

351,158

2.4

7.0

4.4

10.7

2.1

3.7

-

-

Illinois

2,961,461

3,187,332

1.5

1.3

7.3

5.0

1.7

1.1

0.2

0.1

Indiana

1,460,668

1,517,366

4.4

4.0

9.8

15.5

4.2

3.3

-

-

Iowa

720,541

722,139

4.1

2.2

6.2

6.6

2.0

1.3

-

-

Kentucky

957,449

988,293

6.2

6.2

14.9

14.2

2.2

1.8

-

-

Louisiana

1,232,886

1,191,412

3.1

2.3

7.9

8.0

1.2

0.8

0.0

0.5

Maine

310,238

291,585

3.6

4.9

4.5

8.1

2.1

2.8

4.4

7.9

Michigan

2,467,841

2,551,615

2.3

1.8

4.2

4.1

1.1

0.6

2.5

0.5

Minnesota

1,169,994

1,259,447

3.1

2.2

3.7

5.8

1.2

0.7

0.9

0.1

Mississippi

750,303

756,875

2.8

1.6

5.3

5.0

1.8

1.1

0.2

0.2

Missouri

1,319,066

1,406,616

2.3

1.9

7.0

4.9

1.7

1.6

0.2

0.2

Nebraska

430,076

445,642

4.0

2.8

8.1

6.3

1.5

1.1

-

-

New Hampshire

279,785

298,610

0.7

1.1

1.3

2.6

1.7

1.1

0.1

0.2

New Jersey

1,810,794

1,990,439

4.8

1.1

7.7

3.1

1.3

0.4

-

-

New Mexico

448,990

504,210

2.4

2.1

5.9

4.4

1.4

0.5

-

-

North Carolina

1,615,701

1,919,774

0.8

0.8

13.6

17.0

0.9

0.8

0.1

0.1

Ohio

2,808,394

2,844,005

4.7

5.6

9.5

11.3

3.1

2.9

1.6

0.2

Oklahoma

839,957

879,367

2.6

4.7

5.4

17.7

1.5

1.6

0.8

2.1

Oregon

726,932

825,170

3.4

1.7

4.3

2.8

3.7

1.7

0.8

0.9

Pennsylvania

2,806,928

2,859,828

1.3

0.8

0.2

0.1

1.4

0.9

0.1

0.0

Rhode Island

227,118

237,917

7.3

4.2

8.9

12.3

2.6

1.3

-

-

South Carolina

925,240

959,296

2.0

1.3

7.0

4.1

1.6

0.7

0.2

0.1

South Dakota

198,973

200,937

4.2

3.1

13.1

9.6

2.9

1.1

4.9

1.4

Tennessee

1,222,253

1,331,402

2.3

1.5

4.3

3.2

2.7

1.7

0.4

0.1

Texas

4,857,559

5,629,200

3.4

2.1

5.0

4.1

1.8

1.1

1.2

0.3

Utah

629,035

701,300

2.8

2.1

6.2

3.8

3.0

2.6

1.6

4.6

Vermont

143,573

141,347

2.9

1.7

3.4

2.3

5.3

2.6

0.2

0.1

Virginia

1,511,090

1,644,678

2.3

1.7

6.1

3.9

1.3

1.0

1.4

0.2

Wisconsin

1,292,273

1,351,044

3.0

1.4

4.3

2.3

4.1

1.7

0.3

0.1

Wyoming

135,944

129,406

3.8

1.6

10.3

4.1

2.9

0.7

1.2

0.1

Total

51,429,803

56,133,307

3.5

2.9

6.3

7.2

2.3

1.6

0.8

0.6

Number of States

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

30

30

Maltreatment incidents per 1,000 children 0-17 in the population.

Last Updated: February 15, 2006