Annual Rates of Reported and Substantiated Child Abuse/Neglect Referrals
in New Jersey (1994-1999)

Rate per 100,000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Report 19.4 21.5 20.2 19.3 15.1 12.4
Substantiated 4.5 5 5.6 5.7 5.1 3.7