Child Deaths from Abuse?

The Annual Fifty State Survey estimated that 1,261 children died from abuse or neglect in 1992 for a rate of 1.94 per 100,000 children. In the 23 states that reported the type of abuse that led to the death, between 1990 and 1992, 37 percent died from neglect, 59 percent died from abuse, and 5 percent died as a result of both abuse and neglect.

Young children who were abused were at the greatest risk of getting killed. The Annual Fifty State Survey found that 87 percent of the children killed were under the of 5 while almost half (46 percent) were under the age of 1 at the time they were killed. In 1992, the rate of fatalities for children under 5 was 5.7 deaths per 100,000 children; for children under 1, the rate was 14.5 deaths per 100,000 children.

Granted these statistics are 5 to 7 years old, but let's face it, Child Abuse is definitely not on the decline.

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Monday's Child was Cruelly Beat,
Tuesday's Child had Zero to Eat,
Wednesday's Child was Badly Burned,
Thursday's Child's Scars have Returned,
Friday's Child was Forced into Bed,
Saturday's Child has More Tears to Shed,
But the Child Abused on Sabbath Day has Nightmares which Simply won't Go Away!

By: Margulies/Rothco

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