Child Maltreatment 2015

Abstract

National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) data are used for the Child Maltreatment report series…NCANDS collects case-level data on all children who received a CPS agency response in the form of an investigation response or an alternative response… As in prior years, the greatest percentages of children suffered from neglect (75.3%) and physical abuse (17.2%)… or FFY 2015, 49 states reported 1,585 fatalities. Based on these data, a nationally estimated 1,670 children died from abuse and neglect. (Author Text)