Chart on physical abuse since the 1980's

http://www.a-team.org/child_abuse_statistics.html

This graph shows that physical child abuse has increased 134 percent since the 1980's. In 1980 there was exactly 9,800 abused children reported, and that significantly rose to 23,100 within 13 years. This graph and chart came from the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. This means that it rose 67 percent between those years. The biggest reports show that physical abuse increased the most between those years(102 percent/15 percent per year).