The United States government's Administration for Children and Families reported that in 2004 approximately 3.5 million children were involved in investigations of alleged abuse or neglect in the US, while an estimated 872,000 children were determined to have been abused or neglected, and an estimated 1,490 children died that year because of abuse or neglect.
児童家庭局の報告によれば、米国では2004年にはおおよそ350万人の児童が虐待・放棄として事件捜査対象となり、うち推定872千人の児童は既に虐待・放棄を受けており、推定1490人の子供は前年に虐待・放棄により死亡している。