Raising public awareness about child fatalities can help communities acquire the additional resources and supports needed to protect vulnerable children and prevent future deaths. In this section, find statistics on child fatalities due to maltreatment as well as research on prevention, risk factors, and perpetrator characteristics.
Abuse/Neglect Related Texas Child Fatality Investigations
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Provides configured data in charts and graphs for child fatality investigations in the State of Texas.
CAN-Related Deaths
National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention
Illustrates data on child abuse and neglect to help improve child maltreatment fatality reviews.
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
Casey Family Programs (2019)
Provides information on child fatalities from child abuse and neglect and links to questions from the field, research reports, practice tools, and more on the topic.
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
National Conference of State Legislatures (2016)
Discusses child abuse and neglect fatalities and the creation of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities to research the issue and develop a strategy to help reduce child maltreatment fatalities. The website also details the child death review process and describes State legislation addressing child maltreatment fatality.
Child Maltreatment Report 2020 (PDF - 6,893 KB)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (2022)
Presents the 31st edition of the Child Maltreatment Report, which discusses child maltreatment overall along with the number of child fatalities due to child abuse and neglect in 2020. The current report along with previous reports can be accessed on the Children's Bureau website.
Child Fatalities Indicated as Abuse and Neglect by DSS
South Carolina Department of Social Services
Raises awareness about child fatalities in South Carolina attributed to abuse and neglect. The resource provides information on the factors surrounding child fatalities as well as information on the Department of Social Service's activities for various cases.
Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect (PDF - 475 KB)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2020)
Offers statistics on fatal child abuse and neglect, including information on different types of abuse, strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect, and resources for additional information.