Deaths Due to Child Abuse and Neglect, as Reported by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services 1978

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Deaths Due to Child Abuse and Neglect, as
Reported by the Oklahoma Department of Human
Services1978-2006

• Prepared by the Community Service Council of
  Tulsa for the Metropolitan Human Services
  Commission in Tulsa, June 2007

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Data and preference for use of Three Year
Rolling Average

• The following graphs use two types of numbers
• Actual count for a year
• Rolling three year average
• of the child abuse and neglect data is used to
  provide a better view of the overall trend over
  time.
• Rolling or moving average
• Using a rolling average smoothes out the high
  and low fluctuations of a measured variable and
  gives you a better view of the overall trend.
  This type of averaging aids in "normalizing," or
  "flattening," the presentation of the metric for
  evaluation purposes.
• When reviewing data on births and deaths, it is
  important to use this method, since they are one
  time events. It is also used when you are
  examining smaller geographic areas, such as
  counties, rather that the state as a whole.
• A rolling three-year average for the child abuse
  and neglect data shown in this presentation is
  calculated by dividing the total number of
  reports, cases, etc. for the previous three years
  
• Example
• Rolling 3 year average for the number of child
  deaths due abuse or neglect
• for 1980
• of deaths for 1978 1979 1980 / 3 1980
  three year rolling average
• For 1981
• of deaths for 1979 1980 1981 / 3 1918
  three year rolling average
• The same procedure is used for each subsequent
  year.

Source OKDHS Annual Report and Child Abuse
Neglect Statistics Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, OKDHS, Division of Children
and Family Services Prepared by the Community
Service Council of Tulsa for the Metropolitan
Human Services Commission in Tulsa, June 2007 -
File Deaths Due CAN OK 1978-present.ppt
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Oklahoma Deaths due to Child Abuse or Neglect
1980-2006 Actual count
Source OKDHS Annual Report and Child Abuse
Neglect Statistics Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, OKDHS, Division of Children
and Family Services Prepared by the Community
Service Council of Tulsa for the Metropolitan
Human Services Commission in Tulsa, June 2007 -
File Deaths Due CAN OK 1978-present.ppt
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Oklahoma Deaths due to Child Abuse or Neglect
1980-20063 Year Rolling Average
Source OKDHS Annual Report and Child Abuse
Neglect Statistics Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, OKDHS, Division of Children
and Family Services Prepared by the Community
Service Council of Tulsa for the Metropolitan
Human Services Commission in Tulsa, June 2007 -
File Deaths Due CAN OK 1978-present.ppt
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Child Death Table for data presented on previous
pages
Source OKDHS Annual Report and Child Abuse
Neglect Statistics Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, OKDHS, Division of Children
and Family Services Prepared by the Community
Service Council of Tulsa for the Metropolitan
Human Services Commission in Tulsa, June 2007 -
File Deaths Due CAN OK 1978-present.ppt