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

Overall Endangerment Standard Maltreatment, Abuse, and NeglectBlack children differed significantly from children in the other racial/ethnicgroups in their overall risk of Endangerment Standard maltreatment. EndangermentStandard maltreatment affected 49.6 per 1,000 Black children, versus 28.6 per 1,000White children and 30.2 per 1,000 Hispanic children. The rate of EndangermentStandard maltreatment for Black children is 1.7 times the rate for White children and 1.6times the rate for Hispanic children.The same pattern applies to Endangerment Standard abuse and neglect. Inboth categories, the incidence rate for Black children is significantly higher than the ratesfor White and Hispanic children. Black children experienced Endangerment Standardabuse at a rate 1.7 times the rate for White children (14.9 versus 8.7 per 1,000) and 1.6times the rate for Hispanic children (9.4 per 1,000).Endangerment Standard neglect affected Black children at a rate 1.6 times therates for White and Hispanic children (36.8 versus 22.4 and 23.0 per 1,000, respectively).Specific Categories of Endangerment Standard AbuseBlack children had a significantly higher rate of Endangerment Standardphysical abuse. Their rate is 2.1 times the rate for White children (9.7 versus 4.6 per1,000) and 1.6 times the rate for Hispanic children (5.9 per 1,000).Both White and Black children had significantly higher incidence rates ofemotional abuse than Hispanic children. The rate of Endangerment Standard emotionalabuse for White children was 1.5 times the rate for Hispanic children (3.5 versus 2.4 per1,000). Black children were emotionally abused at a rate of 4.5 per 1,000, which isalmost 2 times the rate for Hispanic children.Specific Categories of Endangerment Standard NeglectAn estimated 17.9 per 1,000 Black children were victims of physical neglect,which is 1.8 times the rate of 9.9 per 1,000 for Hispanic children, a significant difference.4-27