Table 19
Number of Indicated Cases of Child Abuse & Neglect
per 1,000 Children, Rhode Island 1996

City/Town

Total Population of children under age 21

# of Indicated cases of Child Abuse/Neglect

1996 Rate of Cases of Child Abuse/Neglect Per 1,000 Children

 

1995 Rate of Cases of Child Abuse/Neglect Per 1,000 Children

Barrington

4,487

13

2.9

 

1.3

Bristol

6,186

24

3.9

 

4.0

Burrillville

5,109

31

6.1

 

6.9

Central Falls

5,579

99

17.7

 

19.0

Charlestown

1,783

21

11.8

 

8.4

Coventry

8,880

72

8.1

 

7.1

Cranston

17,558

129

7.3

 

8.7

Cumberland

7,523

24

3.2

 

4.8

East Greenwich

3,346

12

3.6

 

2.7

East Providence

12,520

91

7.3

 

6.2

Exeter

1,710

9

5.3

 

11.1

Foster

1,358

2

1.5

 

2.2

Glocester

2,944

18

6.1

 

5.4

Hopkinton

2,123

13

6.1

 

4.2

Jamestown

1,282

2

1.6

 

3.9

Johnston

6,309

27

4.3

 

7.1

Lincoln

4,543

29

6.4

 

6.6

Little Compton

867

4

4.6

 

1.2

Middletown

5,598

32

5.7

 

6.1

Narragansett

3,757

17

4.5

 

5.6

Newport

7,858

95

12.1

 

14.4

New Shoreham

184

0

0.0

 

0.0

North Kingstown

6,993

47

6.7

 

6.0

North Providence

6,846

55

8.0

 

8.5

North Smithfield

2,724

8

2.9

 

2.2

Pawtucket

19,655

227

11.5

 

13.8

Portsmouth

4,716

20

4.2

 

2.3

Providence

52,674

742

14.1

 

15.1

Richmond

1,766

8

4.5

 

4.5

Scituate

2,809

8

2.8

 

4.3

Smithfield

5,955

9

1.5

 

2.7

South Kingstown

9,612

31

3.2

 

3.4

Tiverton

3,752

19

5.1

 

4.8

Warren

2,851

45

15.8

 

9.5

Warwick

21,596

147

6.8

 

6.9

Westerly

5,771

65

11.3

 

10.4

West Greenwich

1,067

4

3.7

 

5.6

West Warwick

7,818

104

13.3

 

15.6

Woonsocket

12,511

238

19.0

 

20.1

Out of State

NA

50

NA

 

NA

Missing/Unknown

NA

58

NA

 

NA

Core Cities

98,277

1,401

14.3

 

15.6

Remainder of State

182,343

1,140

6.3

 

6.4

Rhode Island

280,620

2,541

9.1

 

9.6

Data are from the State of RI Department of Children, Youth and Families, Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System, number of reports (indicated cases) for the period January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996. Population data are from the US Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population.

An indicated case is an investigated report of child abuse and neglect for which credible evidence exists that child abuse and.or neglect occurred. An indicated case can involve more than one child.

The denominator is the number of children under the age of 21 according to the 1990 Census of Population.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC