CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT STATISTICS - Oklahoma ...
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT STATISTICS - Oklahoma ...
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SUBSTANTIATIONS<br />
For substantiated cases, the types of injuries resulting from physical abuse inflicted on child victims<br />
are listed below.<br />
NOTE: Children can be victims of more than one type of abuse or neglect so totals of substantiated<br />
abuse and neglect by category are greater than the total number of substantiated reports.<br />
Substantiated Child Abuse, Physical Abuse by Type of Injury<br />
State Fiscal Year 2012<br />
Category Count Percent<br />
None Apparent 944 49.02%<br />
Bruises/Welts 295 15.33%<br />
Substance Abuse 166 8.62%<br />
Other 154 8.00%<br />
Abrasions/Lacerations 53 2.75%<br />
Fractures-Not Skull 48 2.49%<br />
Methamphetamine Exposure 47 2.44%<br />
Head Trauma 33 1.71%<br />
Burns/Scalding 25 1.30%<br />
Environmental Drug Exposu 23 1.19%<br />
Mental Trauma 21 1.09%<br />
Medical Condition Untreated 18 0.93%<br />
Cuts/Punctures 12 0.62%<br />
Failure to Thrive 12 0.62%<br />
Death 12 0.62%<br />
Drowning 10 0.52%<br />
Category Count Percent<br />
Skull Fracture 9 0.47%<br />
Near Death 8 0.42%<br />
Poisoning 5 0.26%<br />
Gun Shot Wound(s) 5 0.26%<br />
Cause of Death Unknown 5 0.26%<br />
Smoke Inhalation 4 0.21%<br />
Bite Marks 4 0.21%<br />
Vaginal Injury/Irregularities 3 0.16%<br />
Malnutrition 2 0.10%<br />
Internal Injuries 2 0.10%<br />
Asphyxiation 2 0.10%<br />
Cause of Near Death Unknown 2 0.10%<br />
Rectal Injury/Irregularities 1 0.05%<br />
Stab/Knife Wound(s) 1 0.05%<br />
TOTAL 1,926 100.00%<br />
Total of all Categories Under 3%<br />
19.03%<br />
None Apparent<br />
49.02%<br />
Other<br />
8.00%<br />
Substance Abuse<br />
8.62%<br />
Bruises/Welts<br />
15.33%<br />
Source: OKDHS Child Welfare Services<br />
SUBSTANTIATIONS 15
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