Child Abuse Attorney in Phoenix AZ

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Thirty-seven Arizona children died of maltreatment in 2003. Thirty-six such deaths were documented in 2002. (Arizona Child Fatality Review Team Report, November 2004)

Substance abuse by the alleged perpetrator was determined to be a factor in sixteen of thirty-seven, or 43%, of the maltreatment-related deaths of Arizona's children in 2003. (ibid)

Violence is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for Arizona’s children. Seventy children in Arizona died in 2000 due to some type of violence-more than from heart disease, asthma, diabetes, blood and metabolic diseases, and cancer combined. (The Honorable Janet Napolitano, then Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Arizona College of Public Health News, Spring 2001)

Of the 20,242 reports of alleged maltreatment received October 1, 2003-March 31, 2004, 59% alleged child neglect, 33% child physical abuse, 6% child sexual abuse and 2% child emotional abuse. (Semi-annual Report; Arizona Department of Economic Security; Division of Children, Youth and Families)

Of the 17,428 reports investigated from October 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004, 1,807 were substantiated. (ibid)

On March 31, 2004, there were 8,246 children in out-of-home care in Arizona . (ibid)

Using 2001 data, Arizona ranks 45 out of the 50 states in overall child well being. This is the same as the previous year. 2004 Kids Count Data Book, The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

-- Arizona's Child Abuse InfoCenter

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