National Child Abuse Statistics

2 Sep 2010

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds.

Almost five children die everyday as a result of child abuse. More than three out of four are under the age of 4.

It is estimated that between 60-85% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates.

90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way; 68% are abused by family members.

Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.

31% percent of women in prison in the United States were abused as children.

Over 60% of people in drug rehabilitation centers report being abused or neglected as a child.

About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse.

About 80% of 21 year old that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder.

The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2007 is $104 billion.

Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy.

Abused teens are 3 times less likely to practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs.

Source: http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics#abuse-conseq

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10 Responses to National Child Abuse Statistics

sarah

May 12th, 2011 at 12:58 pm

This is horrendous there is no reason for children to be abused. What did those kids do that was so bad they had to be abused all the time or even at all its sad to think that this many kids are abused

Justin

August 2nd, 2011 at 10:25 pm

Its sad. Unfortunately I understand. I am a teacher and kids talk to me about this. Child abuse has made these kids think about running away or even comiting suicide. We need to find the kids thats getting abused and take them away. Its really sad. Shouldnt no one get hurt in any kind of way!

Victoria

August 31st, 2011 at 5:17 pm

I’m doing a school project on child abuse and these statistics are making me want to make a difference in today’s society.

Chasity

September 8th, 2011 at 9:27 pm

Yes this is very tragic. I am a victim of child abuse. Getting takin out of my home was the best thing for me. I thank God everyday. I now encourage others and am always on the lookout for abusive signs. Please if you know of someone who is being abused or neglected. Report it. It will change their lives forever. We can all save lives, one child at a time. They need to see the light. Please Report it. !!!!
This could be their only chance before its too late.

Megan

September 28th, 2011 at 6:36 pm

Reading these statistics made me cry. My husband is a victim of child abuse and he also has a psychological disorder, which makes it much harder for him to cope with the things that happened to him as a child. He talks to me about it all the time, because talking helps him heal, and after reading all of these facts, some of the things that he does/says make a whole lot more sense. It’s not because he wants to do these things, but him being abused led him to do these things, and he is not happy about them. Please, if you know someone who is being abused or someone who is abusing others, please, please, please report it, it could save their life.

dylan

October 10th, 2011 at 2:01 pm

this is sick, who could abuse a child. I am discussded, i want to puke all over the sick fellow who decides he wants to rape my daughter. bleck bleck bleck. grossness.

Amanda

October 15th, 2011 at 3:58 pm

I, too, am highly upseted by these statistics.
I am doing a school project for contemporary issues about child abuse.

I tend to incorperate this video into my presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b7cjgIllFU&feature=fvwp&NR=1

I warn you, it’s a little graphic. But, I really hope it gets my point across, even though the video is slightly older.

Britney

November 4th, 2011 at 1:23 pm

I am doing a school project on child abuse, and seeing and reading about some of the people that were abused and some of the children that had the marks on them from the abuse makes me very sad and all of this makes me want to help the children and who ever is getting abused.

Tamara

November 9th, 2011 at 3:19 pm

I can’t believe how many people are abused out there. It’s a horrible thing. We got to speak out and let others know. I have spoken out about child abuse myself. I know it’s wrong but the people that do it obviously don’t understand how much it hurts. I have had my whole childhood token away from me and I will never get that back. I was sexually abused for three years at the age of eight by my own brother and his friends and my mother knew the entire time. I am now seventeen and sure hope some of these statistics aren’t me.

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