Child Abuse

In 2006, nearly 4,600 children were hospitalized due to physical abuse. They had traumatic brain injury, broken bones and other serious injuries. The most common of the victims were children younger than a year old. There were 58 cases per 100,000 infants. These statistics now make SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) a smaller threat than serious physical child abuse. In 2006, there were six out of every 100,000 children hospitalized due to burns, wounds, brain injuries and bone fractures. These children were all under 18. Three hundred of them died, after they all spent an average of a week in the hospital. If children under one were covered by Medicaid, they were particularly of the abused. Due to being mistreated, 1 out of every 752 infants were hospitalized. "Medicaid is just a marker of poverty, and poverty leads to stress," said Leventhal, who is the medical director of the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Child Abuse Program. Four U.S. states did a study and discovered that due to the financial crash in 2007, abusive brain injuries hit a spike. The researchers said that it was because of the added pressure on parents. Toddlers were found to be at a higher risk in this study.

I think that this is terrible! It shouldn't matter what happens in this world, or what stress is added. Parents are supposed to be responsible and caring! They should not be abusing their children just because they are a little extra stressed!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46281207/ns/health-childrens_health/#.TzAy2nIniSo