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Child Abuse and Neglect Reports Investigated (Rate per 1,000) – 2009

Data Provided by: Action for Children North Carolina
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3.2 - 42.2
Hyde 3.2
Camden 18.3
Hertford 23.1
Washington 23.2
Bertie 23.6
Franklin 28.9
Lee 30.4
Johnston 30.9
Pamlico 33.9
Orange 33.9
Wake 34.1
Granville 34.6
Jones 34.6
Tyrrell 36.4
Sampson 37.0
Yadkin 37.5
Watauga 38.8
Pitt 40.9
Union 40.9
Gates 41.5
Alamance 41.9
Surry 42.2
42.3 - 64.8
Richmond 43.5
Martin 43.8
Durham 44.5
Guilford 45.1
Perquimans 45.1
Davie 45.1
Anson 46.0
Forsyth 47.3
Cabarrus 47.4
Chatham 48.0
Bladen 48.1
Iredell 48.4
Person 49.8
Chowan 50.3
Warren 51.4
Caswell 51.7
Mecklenburg 51.9
Dare 52.9
Davidson 53.8
Polk 53.9
Hoke 54.0
Randolph 54.1
Nash 54.7
Harnett 55.4
Columbus 55.9
Moore 56.2
Brunswick 56.6
Currituck 57.7
42.3 - 64.8
Pasquotank 57.8
Northampton 58.0
Wilson 59.1
Vance 59.5
Rockingham 60.1
Duplin 61.2
Stokes 61.8
Greene 62.0
Wayne 62.0
Ashe 62.7
Montgomery 62.7
Caldwell 63.7
Avery 64.8
64.9 - 94.5
Craven 66.4
Pender 67.0
Stanly 67.4
Wilkes 68.0
Beaufort 69.0
Edgecombe 69.1
Onslow 70.5
Carteret 71.2
Gaston 71.5
Macon 72.2
Scotland 73.5
Rowan 73.6
Cumberland 74.7
Catawba 76.1
Buncombe 77.0
New Hanover 77.0
Lincoln 78.2
Burke 80.2
Yancey 80.3
Robeson 81.4
Clay 82.0
Transylvania 86.3
Lenoir 86.6
McDowell 87.0
Mitchell 90.4
Cleveland 90.7
Rutherford 91.4
Halifax 92.5
Henderson 93.2
Alexander 94.5
94.6 - 164.4
Jackson 105.3
Alleghany 108.0
Cherokee 111.1
Graham 116.2
Haywood 117.5
Madison 125.8
Swain 164.4

Definitions: The number and rate per 1,000 reports of child abuse and neglect investigated.

Data Source: Duncan, D.F., Kum, H.C., Flair, K.A., and Stewart, C.J. (2010).  Management Assistance for Child Welfare, Work First, and Food & Nutrition Services in North Carolina.  Special data request, March 2011.  Also available online through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jordan Institute for Families website at http://ssw.unc.edu/ma/.

Footnotes: Last updated April 2011.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.

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Laila A. Bell, Director of Research and Data