A total of 670,000 children (0.9% of all U.S. children) experienced a confirmed report of maltreatment in 2011 (Table 1). The percentage of White children in the U.S. with a confirmed report of maltreatment (0.8%) was significantly lower than the percentage of Black (1.5%), Native American (1.1%), and Hispanic (0.9%) children, although higher than the percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.2%). Rates of confirmed maltreatment were slightly but significantly higher for males than females. Rates of confirmed maltreatment were significantly higher in the North (1.0%), the South (1.0%), and the Midwest (0.9%) than in the West (0.8%).
