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One of my essential questions was which of the states ranked tremendously high for physical child abuse. When researching this question I found that Alaska was ranked the highest out of all however Kentucky follwed them. In Alaska results showed that there was recently 352 cases reported of physical abuse and 72 of them resulted in hospitalization(4 deaths). Of these 352 cases all of them were just infants so imagine how many it would be when you include the people that were not infants. Among the physical abuse to the infants most were 4 months of age. The most common type of abuse seen in hospitalized teens or babies are fractures to the rib, skull, humerus, femur,and the vertabrae. Some cases even included drowning, burning, and suffocation. They were reported to have been abused by their actual parents, babysitters, grandparents, and strangers. In conclusion I think that after knowing that Alaska is the top state along with kentucky that we should us as people report more cases. I think South Carolina may as well be just as high as them if we actually reported the cases.



Bradford D. Gessnar,Martha Moore,Bernita Hamilton,Pam T. Muth.(2004)