Demographic description, referral and assessment details of acute child maltreatment assessments, South Western Sydney 2013–2015
| Sexual abuse SA Dr only | Sexual abuse joint | Physical abuse and neglect | Total | |
| n=134 (48%) | n=70 (25%) | n=75 (27%) | n=279 | |
| Age (median) | 13 years* | 5.5 years | 3.5 years | 7 years |
| IQR | 6.3–14 years | 3.2–9 years | 1.5–8 years | 3–13 years |
| Gender | ||||
| Male Female | 12 (9%) 122 (91%)* | 20 (29%) 50 (71%) | 45 (60%) 30 (40%) | 77 (28%) 202 (72%) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Anglo–Australian Aboriginal Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Asian European African Other Not documented | 28 (21%) 17 (13%) 8 (6%) 13 (10%) 8 (6%) 3 (2%) 5 (4%) 2 (1%) 50 (37%) | 29 (41%) 13 (19%) 7 (10%) 9 (12%) 5 (7%) 4 (6%) 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) | 20 (27%) 9 (12%) 20 (27%) 12 (16%) 8 (10%) 3 (4%) 2 (3%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) | 77 (27%) 39 (14%) 35 (13%) 34 (12%) 21 (8%) 10 (4%) 9 (3%) 4 (1%) 50 (18%) |
| Referring agency | ||||
| JIRT Police CS Emergency doctor Paediatrician Other | 77 (56%) 33 (25%) 3 (2%) 19 (14%) 0 (0%) 2 (1%) | 59 (85%) 1 (1%) 4 (6%) 1 (1%) 4 (6%) 1 (1%) | 29 (39%) 1 (1%) 21 (28%) 6 (8%) 17 (23%) 1 (1%) | 165 (59%) 35 (13%) 28 (10%) 26 (9%) 21 (8%) 4 (1%) |
| Who assessed | ||||
| SA Doctor Joint (SA and CP) Community paediatrician Paediatricians | 134 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) 70 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 59 (79%) 16 (21%) | 134 (48%) 70 (25%) 59 (21%) 16 (6%) |
| Type of assessment | ||||
| Medical Forensic Refused examination | 55 (41%) 65 (49%) 14 (10%) | 63 (90%) 5 (7%) 2 (3%) | 48 (64%) 27 (36%) 0 (0%) | 166 (59%) 97 (35%) 16 (6%) |
*p value <0.001.
CP, community paediatricians; CS, Community Services, statutory child protection agency; JIRT, Joint Investigation Response Team, comprising health, welfare and police; SA, sexual assault.