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

The rate for Black children is also 1.5 times the rate of 12.2 per 1,000 White children, adifference that is statistically marginal.One significant difference emerged in the incidence of emotional neglect:Black children had a 1.5 times higher risk of experiencing this maltreatment (18.2 per1,000) compared to White children (12.1 per 1,000).Severity of Outcomes from Endangerment Standard MaltreatmentStatistically meaningful race/ethnicity differences occurred in four levels ofharm attributable to Endangerment Standard maltreatment.Serious harm. The incidence of Black children seriously harmed (9.1 per1,000) is nearly 2 times the incidence of White children with this outcome (4.8 per1,000), and it is 1.6 times the incidence rate for Hispanic children (5.7 per 1,000); bothdifferences are statistically significant.Moderate harm. The rate of Black children who suffered moderate harmwas 1.7 times the rate of White children (18.6 per 1,000 Black children versus 11.0 per1,000 White children), a statistically marginal difference.Inferred harm. Black children were significantly more likely than Hispanicchildren to experience maltreatment where harm could be inferred. The incidence rate ofinferred harm for Black children was 3.7 per 1,000, which is 1.8 times the rate of 2.1 per1,000 for Hispanic children.Endangered. Black children were considered to be endangered bymaltreatment at a significantly higher rate than either White children or Hispanicchildren. An estimated 18.1 per 1,000 Black children were endangered by maltreatmentduring the NIS–4 study year, which is 1.8 times the rate of 10.2 per 1,000 White childrenand 1.6 times the rate of 11.2 per 1,000 Hispanic children.4-28