- In Los Angeles County in 2006 (the most recent data available), there were 162,712 cases of child abuse and neglect referred to the Department of Children and Family Services. Child deaths due to abuse and neglect, as reported by the Coroner’s Office, totaled 305.
- There were 39,326 cases of child abuse and neglect reported to authorities in Orange County in 2007.
- In the United States in 2000, over 3 million child abuse and neglect reports were filed and 1 million were confirmed.
- There are 3,000 children abused each day and four of them will die. Forty percent of these children were under the age of six.
- The age group with the highest abuse rate is 0-3 years.
- Nationally, the highest form of abuse is neglect followed by physical abuse.
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