* An estimated 906,000 children are victims of abuse & neglect every year. The rate of victimization is 12.3 children per 1,000 children
* Children ages 0-3 are the most likely to experience abuse. About 1 in 50 U.S. infants are victims of nonfatal child abuse or neglect in a year, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group done by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention along with The Federal Administration for Children and Families.1
* 1,500 children die every year from child abuse and neglect. That is just over 4 fatalities every day.
* 79% of the children killed are younger than 4.
Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect in USA
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80% of young adults who had been abused met the diagnostic criteria for at least 1 psychiatric disorder at the age of 21 (including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, & post-traumatic stress disorder)
* Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy
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Children who experience child abuse & neglect are 59% more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30% more likely to commit violent crime.
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14.4% of all men in prison in the United States were abused as children and 36.7% of all women in prison were abused as children
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Children who have been sexually abused are 2.5 times more likely develop alcohol abuse
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Children who have been sexually abused are 3.8 times more likely develop drug addictions
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Nearly 2/3’s of the people in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused as children
