Abuse Facts - National Statistics

• In 2001, about 3,844,000 children were reported as possible victims of child abuse and neglect in the United States.
  
  
• Of those cases confirmed, 54 percent were neglect, 19 percent were physical abuse, 10 percent were sexual abuse, 3 percent were emotional maltreatment, and 14 percent were due to other forms of maltreatment.