First-time rates of confirmed maltreatment were especially high during the first few years of life (Figure 2). The rate of first confirmed maltreatment was highest in the first year of life, during which 2.1% [95% CI: 2.1%, 2.1%] of children had a confirmed report of maltreatment. This figure was roughly halved to 1.1% [95% CI: 1.1%, 1.1%] during the second year of life. The rate then gradually decreased until age 11, where it essentially held steady through age 18.
