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Facts About Child Abuse

Local Statistics

Decatur County

		Sixty-two children in 2005 and fifty-five children in 2006 were confirmed as having been abused.
		Over 36% of the children abused in 2006 were birth to 5 years old.
		Ranked as having the 7th highest child abuse rate in Iowa in 2006.
		Ranked as having the 2nd highest sexual abuse rate in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Ranked as having the 11th highest denial of critical care (neglect) rate in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Confirmed child abuse has risen 25% over the years 2001-2006.
		The population as a whole, as well as children 0-17, both rank as having the highest rate of poverty
		in Iowa (ERS/USDA, 2004).

Wayne County

		On average, 20.27 children per 1,000 were confirmed abused during 2001-2006.
		Over 53% of the confirmed 28 abused children in 2006 were birth to 5 years old.
		Ranked as having the 36th highest rate of child abuse in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Ranked as having the 11th highest sexual abuse rate in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Confirmed child abuse has risen 7.7% over the years 2001-2006.
		Children 0-17 rank as having the 5th highest rate of poverty in Iowa (ERS/USDA, 2004).

Ringgold County

		On average, 18.69 children per 1,000 were confirmed abused during 2001-2006.
		Fifty percent of the confirmed 32 children abused in 2006 were birth to 5 years old.
		Ranked as having the 18th highest rate of child abuse in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Ranked as having the 20th highest rate of sexual abuse in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Confirmed child abuse has risen 28% over the years 2001-2006.
		Ranked as having the 2nd highest child poverty rate in Iowa (ERS/USDA, 2004).

Clarke County

		On average, 21.54 children per 1,000 were confirmed abused during 2001-2006.
		Over 44.4% of the confirmed 28 children abused in 2006 were birth to 5 years old.
		Ranked as having the 10th highest rate of child abuse in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Ranked as having the 6th highest rate of physical abuse in Iowa in 2001-2006.
		Confirmed child abuse has risen 71.8% over the years 2001-2006.
		Children 0-17 rank as having the 24th highest child poverty rate in Iowa (ERS/USDA, 2004).

Iowa Statistics

		On average, 20.10 children per 1,000 were confirmed abused during 2001-2006.
		Over 47% of the confirmed 14,042 children abused in 2006 were birth to 5 years old.
		Confirmed child abuse has risen 9.8% over the years 2001-2006.
		The 2005 report from the Iowa multidisciplinary Child Death Review Team listed 13 children in Iowa
		as victims of homicide, with ten of those children being under 7 years old. The team defines homicide as a death that "was caused at the hands of another individual but was not necessarily with the intent to kill".

National Statistics

		The United States spends an estimated $258,000,000.00 *each day* in direct and indirect costs in
		response to child abuse (Prevent Child Abuse America, 2001).
		In 2003, children younger than 4 years old accounted for 79% of child abuse deaths with infants
		under 1 year old accounting for 44% of deaths (DHHS, 2005).
		Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made each year in the United States.
		Of the approximately 899,000 children abused and neglected in 2005, 79.4% of the abusers were
		parents, including birth parents, adoptive parents and stepparents (National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, Child Maltreatment 2005, 2006).
		In 2005, 57.8% of perpetrators were female and 42.2% were male (National Child Abuse and
		Neglect Data System, Child Maltreatment 2005, 2006).

*All above data from Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, 2007 unless otherwise noted.