Statistics on Child Abuse

The following statistics are all legitimate, and can be looked into further by following the link provided after each one. These statistics are here to show how big of a problem this issue (child abuse) really is. Thank you for taking the time to look at these.

For Federal fiscal year 2004, an estimated 3 million children were alleged to have been abused or neglected and received investigations or assessments by State and local child protective services (CPS) agencies. Approximately 872,000 children were determined to be victims of child maltreatment..... Children in the age group of birth to 3 years had the highest rate of victimization at 16.1 per 1,000 children of the same age group in the national population
-http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm04/summary.htm

An average of 5.5 children per 10,000 enrolled in day care are sexually abused, an average of 8.9 children out of every 10,000 are abused in the home
-Finkelhor & Williams, 1988. http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm#Child

Each week, child protective services (CPS) agencies throughout the United States receive more than 50,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. In 2002, 2.6 million reports concerning the welfare of approximately 4.5 million children were made.....As a result of these investigations, approximately 896,000 children were found to have been victims of abuse or neglect—an average of more than 2,450 children per day.
-http://pediatrics.about.com/od/childabuse/a/05_abuse_stats.htm