America's Child Abuse Problem the worst record in the industrialized world (from Child Help)

From the Child Help Website  Each year; 3.3 million reports of child abuse involving 6 million children (the worst record in the industrialized world

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds

*More than five children die every day as a result of child abuse.

Approximately 80% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4.

It is estimated that between 50-60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates.

More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way. [
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Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.

About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children,continuing the horrible cycle of abuse.

About 80% of 21 year olds that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder.

• Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy.
• Abused teens are less likelyto practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs. [
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• One-third to two-thirds of child maltreatment cases involve substance use to some degree. 

• Children whose parents abuse alcohol and other drugs are three times more likely to be abused and more than four times more likely to be neglected than children from non-abusing families.
• As many as two-thirds of the people in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused or neglected as children.
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