Jessee S A, Rieger M
Department of General Dentistry, University of Texas- Houston Health Science Center, USA.
ASDC J Dent Child. 1996 Jul-Aug;63(4):275-80.
One of every five substantiated cases of child abuse and over 50 percent of child-abuse-related deaths are the result of physical injury. The charts of 266 children, newborn to seventeen years of age, seen at Texas Children's Hospital during a two-year period were reviewed. Each child was assigned to one of four age-groups. Approximately 90 percent of all cases involved children five years old or younger, with 60 percent being less than two years of age. The results suggest that age is an important factor in the location, type, and severity of injuries due to the physical abuse of a child.
每五例经证实的虐待儿童案件中就有一例，且超过50%与虐待儿童相关的死亡是身体伤害的结果。回顾了在两年期间于德克萨斯儿童医院就诊的266名年龄从新生儿到17岁儿童的病历。每个孩子被归入四个年龄组之一。所有病例中约90%涉及五岁及以下儿童，其中60%年龄小于两岁。结果表明，年龄是儿童身体虐待所致伤害的部位、类型和严重程度的一个重要因素。
