CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT STATISTICS - Oklahoma ...

SUBSTANTIATIONS
Failure to Protect is the most frequent type of neglect substantiated in fiscal year 2012.
NOTE: Children can be victims of more than one type of abuse or neglect so totals of substantiated
abuse and neglect by category are greater than the total number of substantiated reports.
Substantiated Child Neglect by Type
State Fiscal Year 2012
Category Count Percent
Failure to Protect 3,520 25.94%
Exposure to Domestic 3,277 24.16%
Violence
Inadequate or Dangerous 1,846 13.61%
Shelter
Other 1,449 10.68%
Lack of Supervision 1,313 9.68%
Inadequate Physical Care 539 3.97%
Abandonment 534 3.94%
Failure to Obtain Medical 311 2.29%
Attention
Failure to Provide Adequate
Nutrition
236 1.74%
Category Count Percent
Educational 200 1.47%
Sexual Behavior - Lack of 187 1.38%
Supervision
Failure to Obtain Psychiatric 83 0.61%
Attention
Failure to Thrive 35 0.26%
Death 22 0.16%
Threat of Harm 9 0.07%
Near Death 5 0.04%
TOTAL 13,566 100.00%
Total of all Categories Under 3%
8.02%
Failure to Protect
25.94%
Abandonment
3.94%
Inadequate Physical Care
3.97% Exposure to
Domestic Violence
24.16%
Lack of Supervision
9.68%
Other
10.68%
Inadequate or
Dangerous Shelter
13.61%
Source: OKDHS Child Welfare Services
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