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Alaska: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics


Anchorage Municipality has the greatest number of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse, accounting for nearly 40% of all of Alaska’s cases, according to EADaily.com estimates.   Matanuska-Susitna and Fairbanks North Star boroughs have the second and third most cases of elder abuse, respectively.

Just two regions, Anchorage Municipality and Fairbanks North Star borough, account for half of all elder abuse in Alaska.

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Alaska Elder Abuse Statistics
  • Two of the 28 regions in Alaska accounts for over 50% of all unreported and reported cases of elder abuse.
  • Despite the EADaily.com’s estimated number of elder abuse cases reaching nearly 9,000, fewer than two hundred cases were documented with Alaska’s Adult Protective Service in 2003-2004.  This suggests that there is a huge disconnect between reported and unreported cases of elder abuse in Alaska.
Areas of Alaska
Elderly Population*
Cases of Elder Abuse**
Aleutians East Borough 201 22
Aleutians West Area 371 41
Anchorage Municipality 31,801 3,513
Bethel Area 1,469 162
Bristol Bay Borough 112 12
Denali Borough 259 29
Dillingham Area 591 65
Fairbanks North Star Borough 9,134 1,009
Haines Borough 450 50
Hoonah-Angoon Area 404 45
Juneau City and Borough 4,242 469
Kenai Peninsula Borough 8,270 913
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 2,096 232
Kodiak Island Borough 1,448 160
Lake and Peninsula Borough 160 18
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 9,920 1,096
Nome Area 931 103
North Slope Borough 577 64
Northwest Arctic Borough 705 78
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Area 853 94
Sitka City and Borough 1,483 164
Skagway Municipality 160 18
Southeast Fairbanks Area 892 99
Valdez-Cordova Area 1,400 155
Wade Hampton Area 633 70
Wrangell-Petersburg Area 1,125 124
Yakutat City and Borough 104 11
Yukon-Koyukuk Area 822 91
Grand Total 80,613 8,904
* Source: US Census. Elderly defined as 60 years of age and older.
** Estimated # of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse.