Table 2.

Child Sexual Abuse Allegations by Year and County.

County	Measure	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Charleston	Population <I8 yrs	78112	78530	78932	79319	79690	80047	80388	80713	81024	81319	81599	81863	82113
	Total events	113	126	92	58	94	86	63	72	101	100	114	120	116
	Events per 10,000 children	14.5	16.0	11.7	7.3	11.8	10.7	7.8	8.9	12.5	12.3	14.0	14.7	14.1
Berkeley	Population <I8 yrs	35948	36557	37153	37735	38304	38860	39402	39931	40447	40949	41437	41913	42375
	Total events	149	192	181	185	166	141	196	134	160	182	184	173	196
	Events per 10,000 children	41.4	52.5	48.7	49.0	43.3	36.3	49.7	33.6	39.6	44.4	44.4	41.3	46.3
Dorchester	Population <I8 yrs	24296	25117	25922	26713	27488	28247	28992	29721	30435	31134	31817	32486	33139
	Total events	46	47	42	62	61	58	56	42	54	51	67	51	108
	Events per 10,000 children	18.9	18.7	16.2	23.2	22.2	20.5	19.3	14.1	17.7	16.4	21.1	15.7	32.6
CBD	Events per 10,000 children	22.3	26.0	22.2	21.2	22.1	19.4	21.2	16.5	20.7	21.7	23.6	22.0	26.6
Greenville	Population <I8 yrs	95663	96733	97775	98791	99779	100739	101673	102579	103459	104311	105135	105933	106703
	Total events	283	305	358	313	324	254	286	331	293	310	312	305	294
	Events per 10,000 children	29.6	31.5	36.6	31.7	32.5	25.2	28.1	32.3	28.3	29.7	29.7	28.8	27.6
Laurens	Population <I8 yrs	17531	17323	171 16	16910	16706	16503	16300	16099	15899	15701	15503	15307	15111
	Total events	25	20	24	28	24	27	45	39	44	45	31	44	28
	Events per 10,000 children	14.3	11.5	14.0	16.6	14.4	16.4	27.6	24.2	27.7	28.7	20.0	28.7	18.5
Pickens	Population <I8 yrs	27911	27912	27910	27905	27897	27885	27870	27852	27831	27807	27779	27748	27714
	Total events	29	48	65	84	88	86	68	113	85	68	72	77	82
	Events per 10,000 children	10.4	17.2	23.3	30.1	31.5	30.8	24.4	40.6	30.5	24.5	25.9	27.7	29.6
GLP	Events per 10,000 children	23.9	26.3	31.3	29.6	30.2	25.3	27.4	33.0	28.7	28.6	28.0	28.6	27.0

Note. CBD = Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, combined; GLP = Greenville, Laurens, and Pickens counties, combined.