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

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Figure 4–3.Age Differences in <strong>Incidence</strong> Rates for All Harm St<strong>and</strong>ardMaltreatment, <strong>Abuse</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Neglect</strong>.Similarly, the rate <strong>of</strong> Harm St<strong>and</strong>ard abuse is significantly lower for theyoungest children (0 to 2 years) than for children ages 6 <strong>and</strong> older (3.7 vs. 7.7 per 1,000,respectively). The 3- to 5-year-old children do not differ from any other age group, nordo the older age groups differ from one another.Categories <strong>of</strong> Harm St<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>Abuse</strong>The NIS–4 found significant age differences in Harm St<strong>and</strong>ard physicalabuse <strong>and</strong> emotional abuse. Figure 4–4 shows the incidence rates for these twocategories <strong>of</strong> abuse.4-8

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