TABLE 1—
Demographics of US Children Aged 0 to 17 Years With Investigated and Substantiated Child Maltreatment, 2014
| Maltreatment Investigation, No. in 1000s (%) |
Substantiated Investigation, No. in 1000s (%) |
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| Variable | Child Population, No. in 1000s | All | First Time | Adjusted First Time | All | First Time | Adjusted First Time |
| Total | 66 769 | 3 052 (4.57) | 1598 (2.39) | 1 398 (2.09) | 686 (1.03) | 496 (0.74) | 437 (0.65) |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 35 760 | 1 347 (3.77) | 656 (1.84) | 556 (1.55) | 292 (0.82) | 207 (0.58) | 176 (0.49) |
| Black | 9 896 | 652 (6.59) | 342 (3.46) | 297 (3.00) | 153 (1.55) | 110 (1.11) | 96 (0.97) |
| Hispanic | 16 209 | 618 (3.82) | 320 (1.98) | 294 (1.81) | 157 (0.97) | 112 (0.69) | 104 (0.64) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 3 783 | 32 (0.85) | 23 (0.60) | 21 (0.57) | 7 (0.19) | 6 (0.16) | 6 (0.15) |
| Native American | 1 122 | 45 (4.01) | 18 (1.58) | 15 (1.32) | 12 (1.03) | 8 (0.67) | 6 (0.56) |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 34 106 | 1 524 (4.47) | 798 (2.34) | 696 (2.04) | 338 (0.99) | 244 (0.72) | 215 (0.63) |
| Female | 32 664 | 1 511 (4.63) | 786 (2.41) | 688 (2.11) | 345 (1.06) | 249 (0.76) | 219 (0.67) |
| Subtype | |||||||
| Neglect | 66 769 | 1 868 (2.80) | 1 068 (1.60) | 937 (1.40) | 441 (0.66) | 331 (0.50) | 293 (0.44) |
| Physical | 66 769 | 656 (0.98) | 493 (0.74) | 427 (0.64) | 93 (0.14) | 85 (0.13) | 75 (0.11) |
| Sexual | 66 769 | 211 (0.32) | 177 (0.27) | 151 (0.23) | 44 (0.07) | 41 (0.06) | 35 (0.05) |
| Emotional | 66 769 | 194 (0.29) | 152 (0.23) | 131 (0.20) | 28 (0.04) | 25 (0.04) | 22 (0.03) |
Note. Adjusted first time = adjusted first-time events; first time = database-first-time events; investigated = investigated or assessed; substantiated = substantiated or indicated. Totals may be not equal to sums of subcategories because of the rounding errors, missing values, and excluded categories. Among all maltreatment investigations, 0.55% were unknown for gender, 8.6% for race, and 13.0% for maltreatment type. Multiracial children (3.1%) and other type of maltreatment (5.9%) are not listed in subcategories. A sum of maltreatment subtypes can go over a total because a child may have multiple subtypes in an investigation.
Source. All maltreatment data are from the 2003–2014 National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child Files,19 and all population data are based on “bridged-race population estimates 1990–2014” data requested from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER online database, which draws from US Census data.20