Reduce child abuse and neglect deaths — IVP‑15 Data

National Status: Little or no detectable change

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Most Recent Data:
2.5 child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children (2024)

National Target:
1.9 per 100,000

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

National Baseline:
2.4 child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children under 18 years occurred in 2017

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Child maltreatment deaths, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
Total	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.5

Child maltreatment deaths by Sex, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
Male	2.7	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.3	3.2	2.9
Female	2.0	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.1

Child maltreatment deaths by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
American Indian or Alaska Native only	DNA	DNA	1.7	2.3	1.3	1.7	4.2	0.9
Asian only	DNA	DNA	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only	DNA	DNA	2.3	1.3	1.4	1.9	0.0	2.9
Black or African American only	DNA	DNA	4.8	5.5	5.3	5.9	6.4	5.6
White only	DNA	DNA	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.5	1.6
2 or more races	DNA	DNA	2.9	2.9	4.0	3.5	4.3	3.8
Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.4
Not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.6
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	1.3	3.4	2.6	3.4	2.8	1.8
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	2.2	2.0	2.1	3.0	0.0	2.8
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	4.7	5.3	5.2	5.9	5.5	5.7
White only, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.6
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	3.0	3.1	4.2	4.0	3.4	3.7

Child maltreatment deaths by Age group, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
0-4 years	7.2	7.8	7.9	7.6	7.8	8.4	8.4	7.7
5-11 years	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.9
12-17 years	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6

Child maltreatment deaths by Health insurance status, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
Health insurance status	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Child maltreatment deaths by Geographic location, 2017-2024 ^◊ ⁶
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
Metropolitan	DNA	DNA	2.4	3.2	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.3
Non-metropolitan	DNA	DNA	3.1	2.4	3.3	3.5	3.7	2.9

Child maltreatment deaths by Country of birth, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
Country of birth	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Child maltreatment deaths by Disability status, 2017-2024 ^◊
(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2017¹	2018²	2019	2020³	2021⁴	2022⁵	2023	2024³
Disability status	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

Disparity

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Data Sources: National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), ACF; Population Estimates, Census

1 Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington excluded due to no fatalities (i.e., blank) reported in Child File.

2 Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington excluded due to no fatalities (i.e., blank) reported in the Child File.

3 Alaska, California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington are excluded due to no fatalities (i.e., blank) reported in the Child File.

4 Alaska, California, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington excluded due to no fatalities (blank) reported in the Child File.

5 Alaska, California, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington are excluded due to no fatalities (i.e., blank) reported in the Child File (with fatalities reported in Agency File). Massachusetts is excluded due to no fatalities (i.e., blank) reported in the Child File or Agency File.

6 North Dakota is excluded from the metropolitan/nonmetropolitan analysis for not reporting child county for any fatalities.

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "per 100,000 population,

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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Reduce child abuse and neglect deaths — IVP‑15 Data

National Status: Little or no detectable change

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Child maltreatment deaths, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Sex, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Age group, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Health insurance status, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Geographic location, 2017-2024 ◊ 6(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Country of birth, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired

Child maltreatment deaths by Disability status, 2017-2024 ◊(child abuse and neglect deaths per 100,000 children)Decrease desired