Report: Indiana has high child abuse rates

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Story Created: Oct 22, 2009 at 4:38 AM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 22, 2009 at 4:48 AM EDT

A new report shows Indiana had the eighth highest rate of child deaths from abuse and neglect in 2007.

The report from the nonprofit group Every Child Matters shows 3.35 of every 100,000 children in Indiana died from abuse and neglect that year. That’s up 15 percent from the 2001 rate.

The only states with higher 2007 rates of child death from abuse and neglect were Kentucky, South Dakota, Florida, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma.

Indiana reported 53 deaths from abuse and neglect in 2007, while there were 48 such cases in Michigan.

The report says 354 Indiana children died from abuse and neglect from 2001 to 2007 — more than 50 a year.

Indiana ranked 44th among states with more than 23 percent of its children living in poverty in 2007. Indiana ranked 49th in spending $96.53 per child to address abuse and neglect.

Click here for the Every Child Matters report.

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