Child Abuse Deaths Threefold Higher in Poor Communities

“Dr Farrell and colleagues found that US counties with the highest poverty concentration, defined as the percentage of the population living below the federally defined poverty threshold, had more than 3 times the rate of child abuse fatalities compared with counties with the lowest poverty concentration (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 3.03: 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.4 – 3.79).”