Using Routinely Collected Hospital Data for Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Issues, Methods and Patterns

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Table 6 Age group and sex by maltreatment type

Sex and Age Groups	Neglect		Physical		Sexual		Psychological		Other/Unspec
	n	% present	n	% present	n	% present	n	% present	n	% present
Males
<1	46	25.6	62	34.4	2	1.1	2	1.1	87	48.3
1-5	50	31.3	66	41.3	7	4.4	2	1.3	50	31.3
6-9	17	20.0	60	70.6	7	8.2	2	2.4	11	12.9
10-14	28	8.6	277	84.7	29	8.9	3	.9	18	5.5
15-17	17	11.9	95	66.4	37	25.9	1	.7	3	2.1
Total	158	17.7	560	62.6	82	9.2	10	1.1	169	18.9
Females
< 1	47	35.6	49	37.1	2	1.5	1	.8	50	37.9
1-5	42	23.7	64	36.2	44	24.9	1	.6	49	27.7
6-9	11	24.4	25	55.6	10	22.2	0	.0	7	15.6
10-14	27	8.0	139	41.2	200	59.3	3	.9	25	7.4
15-17	44	8.2	131	24.5	392	73.4	8	1.5	25	4.7
Total	171	14.0	408	33.3	648	52.9	13	1.1	156	12.7
Total
< 1	93	29.8	111	35.6	4	1.3	3	1.0	137	43.9
1-5	92	27.3	130	38.6	51	15.1	3	.9	99	29.4
6-9	28	21.5	85	65.4	17	13.1	2	1.5	18	13.8
10-14	55	8.3	416	62.7	229	34.5	6	.9	43	6.5
15-17	61	9.0	226	33.4	429	63.4	9	1.3	28	4.1
Total	329	15.5	968	45.7	730	34.4	23	1.1	325	15.3

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