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

3.1.5 Severity of Outcomes from Harm Standard MaltreatmentThe NIS classifies children on the basis of the most severe injury or harmthey suffered from maltreatment. Table 3–2 presents the distribution of the children whoexperienced Harm Standard maltreatment across the levels of outcomes resulting fromtheir maltreatment. Each maltreated child appears in only one row of this table, so therow entries sum to the total number of children who were countable under the HarmStandard. 29 Fatal injury. An estimated 2,400 children died in 2005–2006 as a result ofHarm Standard abuse or neglect. This reflects an annual incidence rate of maltreatmentrelatedfatalities of 0.03 per 1,000 children in the U.S., which is equivalent to 3 childrenper every 100,000, or one in every 33,300, in the U.S. child population.Table 3–2. Severity of Outcomes from Harm Standard Maltreatment in the NIS–4 (2005–2006),and Comparison with the NIS–3 (1993) and the NIS–2 (1986) Harm Standard FindingsSeverity of Injury orHarmFatalSeriousModerateInferredTOTALNIS–4 Estimates2005–2006EstimatedTotalRate per1,000Children2,400 0.03487,900 6.6694,700 9.471,500 1.01,256,600 17.1Comparisons With Earlier StudiesNIS–3 Estimates1993Rate perEstimated1,000TotalChildren1,500 0.02 ns565,000 8.4 ns822,000 12.2 ns165,300 2.5 *1,553,800 23.1 mNIS–2 Estimates1986Rate perEstimate1,000d TotalChildren1,100 0.02 m141,700 2.3 *682,700 10.8 ns105,500 1.7 *931,000 14.8 ns* The difference between this and the NIS–4 incidence rate is significant at pp>.05).ns The difference between this and the NIS–4 incidence rate is neither significant nor marginal (p>.10).Note: Estimated totals are rounded to the nearest 100.29 Compare the Table 3–2 “Total” with “All Maltreatment” in Table 3–1.3–11