NH Specific Year End Statistics, 2007
Child Advocacy Centers provide a safe, neutral environment for conducting an investigative forensic interview of children in cases of alleged child abuse.
- 1,374: Number of children interviewed at a New Hampshire Child Advocacy Center in 2007
- 65%: Approximate percentage of girls out of all children interviewed at a New Hampshire CAC in 2007
- 35%: Approximate percentage of boys out of all children interviewed at a New Hampshire CAC in 2007
- 90%: Approximate percentage of cases referred to the CAC involving a primary allegation of child sexual abuse
- 9.5 years old: Average age of child interviewed at a New Hampshire CAC in 2007
- 16%: Increase in number of children receiving CAC services from 2006. This increase is reflective of New Hampshire's growing number of Child Advocacy Center programs.
Contact your local Child Advocacy Center for exact statistics pertaining to individual counties