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Fast facts about children

  • Before eradication efforts began in 1988, polio paralyzed more than 1,000 children a day, according to PolioPlus.
  • In 2004, more than 13.8 million, or 19 percent, of American children resided in food-insecure households, meaning they were hungry or at risk of hunger, according to America's Second Harvest.
  • Of the 10.5 million deaths of children under five years old each year, almost half occur in sub-Saharan Africa, according to UNESCO.
  • Each year, about one million substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect occur in the United States, according to the National Association of Counsel for Children.