| Source of costs for nonfatal maltreatment, fatal costs in brackets | Average costs in million U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Productivity losses | 83,584.44 |
| Short-term health care costs | 18,903.19 |
| Long-term health care costs | 6,096.87 |
| Special education costs | 4,631.42 |
| Child welfare losses | 4,474.51 |
| Criminal justice losses | 3,906.51 |
| (Fatal) medical costs | 2,190.31 |
| (Fatal) productivity losses | 24.53 |
This statistic shows the total lifetime costs of all victims of fatal child maltreatment in the U.S. as of 2010, by source of cost. The costs totaled to about 124 billion U.S. dollars. About 19 billion U.S. dollars were spent on short-term health care.
