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| Sex Abuse in the United States |
| • About 2,200,000 Americans are raped each year |
| • About 1 in 4 rape victims are girls under the age of 14 |
| • About 1 in 6 rape victims are boys under the age of 16 |
| • The median age for all reported sex abuse against children is 9 years
old |
| • 10% of the rape victims were male in 1999 |
| • 60% of all girls sexually abused were abused by acquaintances |
| • 44% of all boys sexually abused were abused by acquaintances |
| • Only 10% of all children ever tell anyone that they were sexually
abused |
| • 39 Million Americans are living with having been sexually abused as
children |
| • An abducted child can generate an average of $300,000 per year in
child prostitution sales |
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| 73% of all crimes against missing children occur within the first 3 hours, and 99% within the first 4 hours |
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|
US Missing Children |
Yearly |
Daily |
|
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Total
Reported Missing |
806,000 |
2,208 |
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Reported
Abductions |
354,400 |
907 |
|
Family
Abductions |
258,420 |
709 |
|
Non-Family
Abductions |
95,580 |
261 |
|
40% of All
Children Abducted by Strangers are Killed |
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| The Statistics Above are Provided by
NCMEC and
MOCIC on a 10 Year Average |
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