Some Worldwide Child Abuse Statistics Worldwide, approximately 40 million children are subjected to child abuse each year (WHO, 20014. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents around the world (WHO, 20025. One study revealed that about 30% of all severely disabled children relegated to special homes in the Ukraine died before they reached 18 years of age (Human Rights Watch, 20016. UNICEF estimates that two million children died as a result of armed conflict during a recent 10-year period, and that another six million were injured or disabled (Human Right Watch, 20017). In Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, over 6.5 million children annually are exposed to unwanted sexual materials over the Internet; over 1.7 million of these report distress over exposure to these materials (Estes & Weiner, 20018. Each year, approximately one million more children around the world are introduced into commercial sexual exploitation (Casa Alianza, 20019). Sexual abuse statistics vary between countries and reports, but are consistently alarming: One country's research indicates that up to 36% of girls and 29% of boys have suffered child sexual abuse; another study reveals up to 46% of girls and 20% of boys have experienced sexual coercion (The 57th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights10).

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  Quick Facts Statistics on child abuse and neglect:

* Every day in the United States 8,775 children are reported as abused or neglected.

* Every day in the United States 3 children die because of abuse or neglect.

* Every year in the United States 18,000 children are permanently disabled and 565,000 children are seriously injured because of abuse or neglect.

* 588,000 children are in foster care in the U.S.