Elder Abuse Daily » Orange County http://www.eadaily.com Resource and Information on Elder and Nursing Home Abuse Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 California: Elder Abuse Data and Statistics http://www.eadaily.com/10/california-elder-abuse-data-and-statistics/ http://www.eadaily.com/10/california-elder-abuse-data-and-statistics/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:26:34 +0000 Elder Abuse Daily http://www.eadaily.com/?p=1654 EADaily.com estimates that Los Angeles County, CA, has approximately 160,000 cases of elder and nursing home abuse every year, with most of these cases going unreported.  LA County alone represents over 25% of all cases in California. LA is followed by Orange County at approximately 53,000 cases, or 8.4% of the state’s cases of elderly abuse.
California Elder Abuse Statistics
  • Just five of 58 counties (Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside and Santa Clara) accounts for over half of all elder abuse cases.
  • Trinity County had the largest year over year growth (2007 vs. 2008) of 9.2%, due mainly to the relatively low number of elderly residence in the county.
  • Los Angeles grew by 5,039 cases of elder abuse from 2007 to 2008.

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California Counties
Elderly Population*
Cases of Elder Abuse**
Alameda County 233,823 25,827
Alpine County 191 21
Amador County 9,857 1,089
Butte County 43,444 4,799
Calaveras County 11,761 1,299
Colusa County 3,306 365
Contra Costa County 180,395 19,926
Del Norte County 5,294 585
El Dorado County 30,296 3,346
Fresno County 124,225 13,721
Glenn County 4,693 518
Humboldt County 23,542 2,600
Imperial County 23,040 2,545
Inyo County 3,817 422
Kern County 99,200 10,957
Kings County 15,650 1,729
Lake County 14,420 1,593
Lassen County 4,548 502
Los Angeles County 1,474,956 162,917
Madera County 21,214 2,343
Marin County 57,989 6,405
Mariposa County 4,407 487
Mendocino County 18,803 2,077
Merced County 33,127 3,659
Modoc County 2,450 271
Mono County 2,267 250
Monterey County 58,459 6,457
Napa County 26,933 2,975
Nevada County 24,058 2,657
Orange County 482,057 53,246
Placer County 68,265 7,540
Plumas County 5,566 615
Riverside County 313,454 34,623
Sacramento County 217,638 24,039
San Benito County 7,346 811
San Bernardino County 242,067 26,738
San Diego County 461,155 50,937
San Francisco County 159,212 17,586
San Joaquin County 95,171 10,512
San Luis Obispo County 51,530 5,692
San Mateo County 135,345 14,950
Santa Barbara County 70,177 7,751
Santa Clara County 274,903 30,365
Santa Cruz County 40,842 4,511
Shasta County 37,362 4,127
Sierra County 833 92
Siskiyou County 11,458 1,266
Solano County 64,885 7,167
Sonoma County 88,443 9,769
Stanislaus County 74,054 8,180
Sutter County 15,575 1,720
Tehama County 12,398 1,369
Trinity County 4,786 529
Tulare County 56,459 6,236
Tuolumne County 14,307 1,580
Ventura County 130,397 14,403
Yolo County 26,724 2,952
Yuba County 9,447 1,043
Grand Total 5,728,021 632,693
* Source: US Census.  Elderly defined as 60 years of age and older.
** Estimated # of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse.
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