CHILD ABUSE DEATHS UNDERREPORTED

PFMLIT General, STATISTICS ON CHILD ABUSE, STATISTICS VICTIM

The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that the number of young children killed by their parents or caregivers is underreported by nearly 60 percent.  The study is based on an analysis of North Carolina records but the results reflect the situation nationwide.  According to the Associated Press, caregivers commit 85 percent of the homicides of children 10 and under and strangers are the killers only 3 percent of the time.