Definition: Number of hospital discharges for injuries related to suspected or confirmed abuse or neglect per 100,000 children ages 0-17 (e.g., in 2020, the hospitalization rate for abuse and neglect among California children was 9.7 hospitalizations per 100,000 children).
Data Source: California Dept. of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, custom tabulation of data from the California Dept. of Health Care Access and Information and California Dept. of Finance (Aug. 2022).
Footnote: Data are based on the number of hospitalizations, not the number of children hospitalized. Data are limited to hospital admissions; emergency department visits that do not result in admission are excluded.
