Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS–4)

Endangered. Chapter 3 reported that 15.6 children per 1,000 wereendangered, but not yet harmed by abuse or neglect, during the NIS–4 study year.Although this rate did not differ from the NIS–3 rate of 15.4 children per 1,000, this wasbecause changes in the incidence of endangered children across the different age groupscounterbalanced each other, as Figure 4–15 illustrates.Figure 4–15.Percent Changes since the NIS–3 in the Incidence of ChildrenEndangered but Not Harmed by Endangerment Standard Maltreatmentby Child’s Age.Children ages 0 to 2 had a 50% increase in the incidence of endangermentbetween the NIS–3 and the NIS–4. In contrast, the incidence of children who wereendangered but not yet harmed declined for all other age groups. The largest decline wasamong children ages 6 to 8 (34%). Children ages 9 to 14 also showed notable declines inthe incidence of this outcome from Endangerment Standard maltreatment. However, thedecline was much smaller for 3 to 5 year olds (8%) and negligible for 15- to 17-year-oldchildren (2%).4-21