According to Child Maltreatment 2006, the most recent report of data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), approximately 905,000 children were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect in calendar year 2006. Of this number, 64.1 percent suffered neglect, 16 percent were physically abused, 8.8 percent were sexually abused, 6.6 percent were emotionally or psychologically maltreated, and 2.2 percent were medically neglected. In addition, 15.1 percent of victims experienced "other" types of maltreatment such as "abandonment," "threats of harm to the child," and "congenital drug addiction."

States may code any condition that does not fall into the main categories – physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, medical neglect, and psychological or emotional maltreatment – as “other.” These maltreatment type percentages total more than 100 percent because children who were victims of more than one type of maltreatment were counted for each maltreatment. 

The full text of Child Maltreatment 2006 is available on the Children’s Bureau website at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/index.htm.