Reports and number of children
In 2006, 76,590 New York State children were abused or neglected approximately 16.9 of every 1,000 children in the state. The NYS Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (the Child Abuse Reporting Hotline) received 158,855 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect, involving 209,425 children. Upon investigation, 51,449 (32 percent) reports were substantiated as situations of child abuse and/or neglect. There are more victims than reports because more than one child is involved in some cases. Compared to the prior year, the number of reports increased 14 percent, from 139,169; the number of substantiated reports increased 21 percent, from 42,641; and the number of victims increased 19 percent from 64,207.

• 2006 New York State Child Protective Services Data

Nationwide, an estimated 905,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect in 2006, a victimization rate of 12.1 for every 1,000 children in the country (a child was counted each time he or she was found to be a victim; the adjusted estimate is 885,245 unique child victims). States investigated or assessed 3,600,000 children because of suspected abuse or neglect, approximately the same number of children investigated in 2005. Compared to 2005, the number of substantiated victims in 2006 increased by .7 percent.

*A child was counted each time he or she was found to be a victim; the adjusted estimate is 803,000 unique child victims.

Types of maltreatment
Child neglect continues to comprise the largest portion of cases of child maltreatment. According to the federal report Child Maltreatment 2006, figures for the country and for New York state are as follows:

"Other types of maltreatment" include, for example, adandonment, threats of harm, or congenital drug addiction. Totals are more than 100 percent because a child may be the victim of more than one type of maltreatment.

Fatalities
In New York State in 2006, 75 children died as a result of abuse or neglect, a fatality rate of 1.64 per 100,000 children. This is the same number of fatalities as 2005.

Nationwide in 2006, an estimated 1,530 children died as a result of abuse or neglect, 2 of every 100,000 children in the population. This is a 4.8 percent increase from the 1,460 fatalities that occurred the previous year. Children younger than 1 year old accounted for 44.2 percent of fatalities, and 78 percent of fatalities were children younger than 4 years old.

Sources of data: Child Maltreatment 2005, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children, Youth and Families. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005. Posted on www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb. New York State 2006 MAPS and OCFS Connections Data as of 6/25/08.

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