1.1 Development of the NCANDS
1.2 The NCANDS Components
1.3 Overview of the Report

2.1 Children Receiving Preventive Services
2.2 Types of Preventive Services and Funding Sources

3.1 Screening of Referrals
3.2 Report Sources
3.3 Report-to-Investigation Response Time
3.4 Investigated Reports

4.1 Victimization Rates
4.2 Types of Maltreatment
4.3 Ages and Sex of Victims
4.4 Types of Maltreatment, by Age and Sex
4.5 Race and Hispanic Ethnicity of Victims

5.1 Service Receipt and Types of Service
5.2 Factors Influencing Receipt of Services

6.1 Characteristics of Perpetrators
6.2 Relationships of Perpetrators to Child Victims

7.1 Number of Child Fatalities
7.2 Characteristics of Child Maltreatment Fatality Victims
7.3 Characteristics of Perpetrators of Maltreatment Fatalities
7.4 Prior Contact with CPS

Appendix A. State Advisory Group Representatives 1998-1999

Appendix B. Summary Data Component Data Collection Form

Appendix C. Data Items Required by Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1996

Appendix D. Summary of State Responses

Appendix E. 1998 State Data Tables

Appendix F. State Comments on 1998 SDC Data

Appendix G. Supplementary Data Tables