Definition: Percentage of hospital discharges for injuries related to suspected or confirmed abuse or neglect among children ages 0-17, by type of maltreatment (e.g., in 2020, 53.8% of hospitalizations for child abuse and neglect in California involved physical abuse).
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 (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. A child may be treated for more than one type of maltreatment during a hospitalization; as a result, sums across maltreatment categories may be higher than totals.
