1 in 20 children are abused each year, American Academy of Pediatrics

CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS

TENNESSEE:

  • Tennessee Department of Children's Services responds to 37,000 reports of child abuse and neglect annually.
  • Every day there are more than 100 reports of child abuse.
  • Tennessee ranked 46th out of 50 states for overall well-being for children

NATIONWIDE:

  • 3,000,000,000 reports of possible abuse are reported each year (this equates to one report every 10 seconds).
  • 3 million reports of child abuse involve over 5.5 million children in the U.S.
  • 3 million reports per year but the actual incident is 3X greater
  • 4 kids die everyday from abuse
  • 1/3 of abused kids will abuse their own kids
  • 80% of abuse is by a parent or caregiver

For more statistics, please visit the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Website: www.hhs.gov
or www.childhelp.org

 

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