In 2020, about 1,713 children died due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 1,825 children died due to abuse or maltreatment across the country.
Number of child fatalities due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States from 2007 to 2020
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Statistics on Child abuse in the U.S.
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - total number of victims 2012-2020
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - reported victims 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2007-2020
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - deaths per day due to abuse and neglect 1998-2020
Child abuse
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- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of victims 2020, by gender
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of cases 2020, by age of victim
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of victims 2020, by race/ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Child abuse rate in the U.S. - victims 2020, by race/ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Child abuse rate in the U.S. - victims 2020, by age
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of cases 2020, by type of maltreatment
- Premium Statistic Number of victims of sex offenses U.S. 2021, by victim's age
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of victims 2020, by perpetrator relationship
Fatalities
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- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by age
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by sex
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by race/ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by perpetrator relationship
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by maltreatment type
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - number of fatalities 2020, by caregiver risk factors
Preventive services
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- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - children who received preventive services 2020, by source
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - days to initiation of services 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - victims who saw court action taken, by state 2019
- Basic Statistic Child abuse in the U.S. - victims who received foster care 2020, by state
Further related statistics
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- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by sex
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by relationship to victim
- Child abuse in the U.S. - average lifetime costs per victim 2010, by source
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators by type of maltreatment and sex 2013
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by state
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by age
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by race/ethnicity
- Child abuse in the U.S. - percent of prison inmates who were abused as a child 1999
- Percentage of sexual assault victims in the U.S. 2000, by age and type of assault
- Respondents who carried out corporal punishment on their children Singapore 2019
- Child abuse reports South Korea 2016-2020
- Acceptance of physical punishment in schools in Singapore 2019, by parental role
- Acceptance of disciplinarian parents on physical punishment in schools Singapore 2019
- Colombia: child recruitment cases 1958-2018, by party responsible
- Number of ketamine seizure cases in India 2013-2017
- Loss of sales due to counterfeit sporting goods in Europe 2015
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Statistics
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by sex
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by relationship to victim
- Child abuse in the U.S. - average lifetime costs per victim 2010, by source
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators by type of maltreatment and sex 2013
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by state
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by age
- Child abuse in the U.S. - perpetrators 2020, by race/ethnicity
- Child abuse in the U.S. - percent of prison inmates who were abused as a child 1999
- Percentage of sexual assault victims in the U.S. 2000, by age and type of assault
- Respondents who carried out corporal punishment on their children Singapore 2019
- Child abuse reports South Korea 2016-2020
- Acceptance of physical punishment in schools in Singapore 2019, by parental role
- Acceptance of disciplinarian parents on physical punishment in schools Singapore 2019
- Colombia: child recruitment cases 1958-2018, by party responsible
- Number of ketamine seizure cases in India 2013-2017
- Loss of sales due to counterfeit sporting goods in Europe 2015
US Department of Health and Human Services, & Administration for Children & Families. (January 19, 2022). Number of child fatalities due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States from 2007 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/254919/number-of-child-fatalities-due-to-abuse-or-maltreatment-in-the-us/
US Department of Health and Human Services, und Administration for Children & Families. "Number of child fatalities due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States from 2007 to 2020." Chart. January 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/254919/number-of-child-fatalities-due-to-abuse-or-maltreatment-in-the-us/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families. (2022). Number of child fatalities due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States from 2007 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/254919/number-of-child-fatalities-due-to-abuse-or-maltreatment-in-the-us/
US Department of Health and Human Services, and Administration for Children & Families. "Number of Child Fatalities Due to Abuse or Maltreatment in The United States from 2007 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254919/number-of-child-fatalities-due-to-abuse-or-maltreatment-in-the-us/
US Department of Health and Human Services & Administration for Children & Families, Number of child fatalities due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States from 2007 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254919/number-of-child-fatalities-due-to-abuse-or-maltreatment-in-the-us/ (last visited February 06, 2023)
Number of child fatalities due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States from 2007 to 2020 [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, & Administration for Children & Families, January 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/254919/number-of-child-fatalities-due-to-abuse-or-maltreatment-in-the-us/