NAMRS FFY 2017

Report 2: Key Indicators

September 27, 2018
Suggested Citation

Aurelien, G., Beatrice, M., Cannizzo, J., Capehart, A., Gassoumis, Z., Ph.D., Greene, M. (2018). 

NAMRS FFY2017 Report 2 – Key Indicators. Submitted to the Administration of Community 

Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Disclaimer

The National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System and the Adult Protective Services Technical 

Resource Center is a project (HHSP 233201500042I) of the U.S. Administration for Community 

Living, Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, administered by 

WRMA, Inc., a TriMetrix Company. The contractor’s findings, conclusions, and points of view 

do not necessarily represent official policy of the U.S. Administration for Community Living, 

Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services.

Acknowledgements

The Administration for Community Living gratefully acknowledges the voluntary submission of 

data to the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS) by states, District of 

Columbia, and territories. We appreciate the support of Adult Protective Services staff, 

supervisors, and program administrators, whose efforts resulted in near-universal submission of

Federal Fiscal Year 2017 data to the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System.
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Contents

CONTENTS....................................................................................................................................I

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................................II

INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1

KI-1 KEY INDICATOR COMPONENT SUBMISSIONS ....................................................................... 1

KI-2 INVESTIGATIONS AND CLIENTS............................................................................................ 2

KI-3 INTERAGENCY COORDINATION............................................................................................ 3

KI-4 CLIENTS BY CASE CLOSURE REASON .................................................................................. 3

KI-5 CLIENTS AND VICTIMS......................................................................................................... 4

KI-6 VICTIMS BY AGE GROUP ..................................................................................................... 5

KI-7 VICTIMS BY RACE................................................................................................................ 6

KI-8 VICTIMS BY ETHNICITY ....................................................................................................... 7

KI-9 VICTIMS BY GENDER IDENTITY ........................................................................................... 8

KI-10 VICTIM CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................ 9

KI-11 MALTREATMENT TYPES AMONG VICTIMS ...................................................................... 10

KI-12 PERPETRATORS BY AGE GROUP....................................................................................... 12

KI-13 PERPETRATORS BY GENDER IDENTITY............................................................................. 14

KI-14 PERPETRATOR RELATIONSHIP TO VICTIM & LEGAL REMEDY RECOMMENDATIONS ........ 14
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Executive Summary

The statistics in this report are based on data submitted to NAMRS, which is a voluntary reporting 

system that was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration 

for Community Living. In FFY 2017, 55 APS reporting jurisdictions volunteered to participate by 

providing information and data. For NAMRS, a reporting jurisdiction is the officially designated 

APS office in the state, territory, or district. 

The Agency Component report offers an overview of the policies and practices of state APS 

agencies. In addition to submitting the data elements highlighted in this report, states provided 

narratives regarding statutes, policies and procedures, investigative practices, data systems, intake 

processes, staffing, training, and client assessments. States choose to submit Agency Component 

only or Agency Component and either Key Indicators Component or Case Component. 

Additional information gleaned from reviewing the initial year of NAMRS data submissions in 

conjunction with the FFY 2017 data. Both years’ reports can be accessed on ACL’s NAMRS site. 

 NAMRS Background Report: This report discusses the development of the NAMRS data 

system, provides an overview of the data elements and the data submission process, and 

discusses the known limitations and future directions of NAMRS. 

 Report 1: Agency Component: This report provides highlights of APS agency profile 

information and investigation data. 

 Report 2: Key Indicators Component: This report consists of aggregated data on key 

statistics of investigations and victims, clients, and perpetrators provided by states that 

are unable to provide case-level data. 

 Report 3: Case Component: This report consists of case level data on investigations, 

client, maltreatment allegations, perpetrator, and client-perpetrator relationship. 

A final note on limitations of the FFY 2016 and FFY2017 data reports. For a new national reporting 

system, care was taken to explain how many states were able to submit information; the percentage 

of individual data elements provided; and to describe limitations discovered when reviewing data. 

No state could provide all Case Component, nor all Key Indicators, data elements, and no two 

states reported on all of the same data elements. Data contained in the exhibit tables will not always 

total 100%. Agency and Key Indicator data have aggregate totals, which contain duplicate counts 

of clients, victims, and perpetrators. The Case Component data, conversely, are unique. Case 

Component data consists of client characteristics, services, and perpetrator characteristics, 

provided by states that have report-level tracking systems. For these reasons, readers are cautioned 

against attempting to compare or combine data reported in Agency, Key Indicator, or Case 

Components.
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Introduction

The National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS) Federal Fiscal Year 2017 

(FFY2017) Key Indicators Component report offers an overview of aggregate data pertaining to 

clients, victims, and perpetrators. States submitted the information in calendar year 2018. 

However, the FFY2017 reporting period was October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Data 

contained in this report reflects this period.

The NAMRS Key Indicators Component has 20 data elements. States provided as much 

information as possible. More information was provided pertaining to clients and victims than 

perpetrators. A client is a person who received an investigation regarding an alleged report of 

maltreatment. A victim is a person who received an investigation and one or more of the alleged 

maltreatments were substantiated. A perpetrator is the person associated with the substantiated 

maltreatment. Additional data definitions are available in the Appendices document on ACL’s 

NAMRS site. 

This Key Indicators Component report data are comprised of 21 states’ submissions of the Key 

Indicators Component and the same aggregate totals derived from the Case Component (case level 

data) reported by 26 states. The report data from a total of 47 states has aggregate data with 

duplicate counts of clients, victims, and perpetrators. For example, a victim may have multiple 

investigations and multiple substantiated maltreatments in the reporting period. States submitting 

Key Indicators Component are not able to identify unique clients, investigations, results of 

investigations, victims, or perpetrators.

In FFY2017, 21 states submitted Key Indicators Component. One additional state submitted Key 

Indicators Component and two additional states submitted Case Component in FFY2017 that had 

not done so in FFY2016. A review of data comparisons was conducted between the two reporting 

years and the differences were not statistically significant. Because the rates between the two years 

remained relatively constant, we hypothesize that the additional states reporting either Key 

Indicators Component or Case Component and submitting more data likely contributed to the small 

differences in data between reporting years.

KI-1 Key Indicator Component Submissions

Key Indicator Component data were submitted by 21 states in FFY2017 (as opposed to 20 states 

in FFY2016). The same data elements were extracted from 26 states submitted on the same data 

elements to the Case Component data set from FFY2017, as opposed to 24 states in FFY2016.

“Exhibit KI-1 Key Indicator Component Submissions” provides response rates for the 20 Key 

Indicator data elements and provides the combined count for 47 states. Data elements in the exhibit 

are in descending order by percent of states submitting.
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Exhibit KI-1 Key Indicator Component Submissions FFY2017

Data Element

# of States 

Submitting

KI

Component

# of States 

Submitting 

Case 

Component

Total 

# of 

States

% of States 

Submitting 

(N=47)

Investigations Closed 21 26 47 100.0%

Clients Who Received an Investigation 21 26 47 100.0%

Clients by Case Closure Reason 21 26 47 100.0%

Clients Found to Be Victims 21 25 46 97.9%

Victims by Maltreatment Type 20 25 45 95.7%

Victims by Age Group 18 25 43 91.5%

Victims by Race 17 26 43 91.5%

Victims by Gender Identity 17 25 42 89.4%

Victims by Ethnicity 15 25 40 85.1%

Perpetrators with Kinship Relationship 13 23 36 76.6%

Perpetrators by Gender Identity 12 24 36 76.6%

Perpetrators by Age Group 12 24 36 76.6%

Victims Who Received or Were Referred for 

Services 14 13 27 57.4%

Clients Who Received Interagency 

Coordination 17 9 26 55.3%

Victims with Disabilities 11 14 25 53.2%

Perpetrators with Association to Victims 9 7 16 34.0%

Victims Receiving Benefits 7 7 14 29.8%

Victims with Behavioral Conditions 6 7 13 27.7%

Victims with Guardian or Conservator 5 5 10 21.3%

Perpetrators with Legal Remedy 

Recommendation 4 3 7 14.9%

KI-2 Investigations and Clients

Investigation counts and client counts frequently differ from each other. It is practice in some states 

to include multiple clients under one investigation, rather than opening a separate investigation for 

each client. “Exhibit KI-2 Investigations and Client Counts” provides the number of closed 

investigations and clients receiving an investigation. 
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Exhibit KI-2 Investigations and Clients FFY2017

Investigations

# of States

that 

Submitted

% of States 

that Submitted

(N=47)

Investigations

Completed or 

Closed

Clients Who 

Received an 

Investigation

One Client per 

Investigation 34 72.3% 456,468 456,468

Multiple Clients per 

Investigation 13 27.7% 257,047 272,958

Total 47 100.0% 713,515 729,426

KI-3 Interagency Coordination

APS staff work with human services programs, community groups, law enforcement, and other 

state and local agencies to coordinate advocacy, services and supports on behalf of clients. Twentysix states reported that 29.1% (79,043 out of 271,957) of clients received interagency coordination. 

Key Indicator Component data does not identify the specific sectors or services from which clients 

received interagency coordination. However, information about the types of services in place at 

the start and end of an investigation is included in NAMRS FFY2017 Report 3: Case Component

located on ACL’s NAMRS site.

KI-4 Clients by Case Closure Reason

NAMRS collects data on cases closed during the federal fiscal year. The majority of cases (79.2% 

total) were closed due to either the completion of the investigation or the completion of both the 

investigation and a subsequent protective services case. A protective services case involves a case 

that remains open after the investigation is complete. An example of this is a maltreatment 

States with One 

Client per 

Investigation

72.3%

States with Multiple 

Clients per 

Investigation

27.7%
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allegation that has been substantiated and services must be provided to ameliorate the 

maltreatment.

“Exhibit KI-4 Clients by Case Closure Reason” shows clients by case closure reason. The data 

value of Other Closure Reason indicates none of the data element values listed in NAMRS 

accurately describe how the state documents case closures. Some states provided comments on 

what type of case closures they included in the Other Closure Reason category:

● does not meet the criteria for an APS investigation,

● client moved out of state,

● client entered hospital/nursing home,

● client transferred to another agency, and/or

● duplicate protective intake.

Exhibit KI-4 Clients by Case Closure Reason FFY2017

Clients by Case Closure Reason

# of States 

that 

Submitted

Client 

Count

% of Total 

(N=729,426)

Investigation Completed 37 333,073 45.7%

Investigation and Protective Services Case Completed 28 244,322 33.5%

Investigation unable to be completed (non-specific) 19 19,311 2.6%

Investigation Unable to Be Completed Due to Death of 

Client During Investigation 13 5,356 0.7%

Investigation Unable to Be Completed Due to Refusal 

of Client 14 13,211 1.8%

Protective Services Case Opened but Not Completed 

(Non-Specific) 9 2,580 0.4%

Protective Services Case Closed Due to Death of Client 14 4,244 0.6%

Protective Services Case Closed Due to Client Decision 

to Not Continue 18 27,371 3.8%

Other Closure Reason 19 47,849 6.6%

Unknown 17 32,109 4.4%

KI-5 Clients and Victims

In NAMRS, a client is an adult with no substantiated maltreatments. Conversely, a victim is an 

adult with at least one maltreatment allegation substantiated. “Exhibit KI-5 Clients and Victims” 

displays data on 729,426 adults. Clients comprised 67.8% of adults submitted for FFY2017 (as 

opposed to 66.3% in FFY2016). Victims comprised 32.2% of adults submitted for a total of 

234,749 individuals (as opposed to 33.7% in FFY2016). It is important to note that aggregate totals 

can include duplicate counts, as a client who received more than one investigation in the 

submission period may be counted twice in some states.
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Exhibit KI-5 Clients and Victims FFY2016-FFY2017

2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Adults

# of States 

that 

Submitted

# of States 

that 

Submitted

Adult

Count

Adult

Count

% of Adults 

(N=645,853)

% of Adults

(N=729,426)

Clients (Substantiation 

Criteria Unmet)

43 47 428,270 494,677 66.3% 67.8%

Victims

(Substantiation 

Criteria Met)

43 47 217,583 234,749 33.7% 32.2%

KI-6 Victims by Age Group

State APS statutes establish the age of adults eligible for investigation. The most common 

eligibility age group is 18 and older, although some states only investigate maltreatment 

allegations for persons aged 60 years and older. As illustrated by “Exhibit KI-6 Victims by Age 

Group,” 43 states reported a total of 176,189 victims’ ages. It is important to note that aggregate 

totals include duplicate counts, as a client who received more than one investigation in the 

submission period may be counted twice. The Unknown age group includes victims whose age 

was unknown or not disclosed. Comparisons between age categories must take into account the 

range of each age category (i.e., number of clients per year of age).

66.3%

33.7%

67.8%

32.2%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Clients (Substantiation

Criteria Unmet)

Victims (Substantiation

Criteria Met)

FFY2016

FFY2017
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Exhibit KI-6 Victims by Age Group FFY2017

Unknown not shown above.

Age Group # of States that 

Submitted Victim Count % of Victims (N=176,189)

Age 18-29 38 7,284 4.1%

Age 30-39 38 5,437 3.1%

Age 40-49 38 8,112 4.6%

Age 50-59 40 20,239 11.5%

Age 60-69 43 40,122 22.8%

Age 70-74 42 24,547 13.9%

Age 75-84 43 39,701 22.5%

Age 85+ 43 24,975 14.2%

Unknown 27 5,772 3.3%

KI-7 Victims by Race

Data elements that capture race are based on U.S. Census Bureau categories. NAMRS accepts 

multiple values for race for each individual. “Exhibit KI-7 Victims by Race” provides the race 

reported for 176,600 victims. The highest percentage of victims were submitted as white (60.7%). 

4.1%

3.1%

4.6%

11.5%

22.8%

13.9%

22.5%

14.2%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Age 18-29

Age 30-39

Age 40-49

Age 50-59

Age 60-69

Age 70-74

Age 75-84

Age 85+
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The race value of Unknown represents an unknown race or that the victim did not disclose the 

information.

Exhibit KI-7 Victims by Race FFY2017

Unknown not shown above.

Race

# of States 

that 

Submitted

Victim Count % of Victims 

(N=176,600)

White 38 107,169 60.7%

Black or African American 36 29,746 16.8%

American Indian or Alaska Native 34 2,359 1.3%

Other Race 25 2,136 1.2%

Asian 33 1,370 0.8%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 188 0.1%

Unknown 39 33,632 19.0%

KI-8 Victims by Ethnicity

Data elements that capture ethnicity are based on U.S. Census Bureau categories. Twenty-seven 

states submitted data on the Not Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish category. Thirty-one states reported 

on the Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish category. Exhibit “Exhibit KI-8 Victims by Ethnicity” 

provides state submissions for ethnicity. For both categories combined, there were 160,862 

0.1%

0.8%

1.2%

1.3%

16.8%

60.7%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Native Hawaiian or

Other Pacific Islander

Asian

Other Race

American Indian or

Alaska Native

Black or African

American

White
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victims (50.6% of victims are not Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish; and 14.3% are Hispanic, Latino, 

or Spanish). For 35.1% of the victims, ethnicity was unknown or not disclosed.

Exhibit KI-8 Victims by Ethnicity FFY2017

Unknown not shown above.

Ethnicity # of States that 

Submitted Victim Count % of Victims (N=160,862)

Not Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish 27 81,470 50.6%

Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish 31 22,928 14.3%

Unknown 35 56,464 35.1%

KI-9 Victims by Gender Identity

The gender of victims is submitted in the following categories: Female, Male, Transgender, and 

Unknown. The Unknown data value is used if the victim is not able or willing to provide their 

gender, or if the APS staff are unclear of the victim’s gender. “Exhibit KI-9 Victims by Gender 

Identity” provides the gender of victims submitted by 42 states. Of the 175,777 victims, females

were victims at a higher rate, 57.2%, than males, 40.5%. 

Not Hispanic, Latino/a, 

or Spanish

50.6% Hispanic, Latino/a, 

or Spanish

14.3%

Unknown

35.1%
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Exhibit KI-9 Victims by Gender Identity FFY2017

Transgender not shown above.

Gender Identity # of States that 

Submitted Victim Count % of Victims (N=175,777)

Male 42 71,270 40.5%

Female 42 100,608 57.2%

Transgender 2 7 0.004%

Unknown 29 3,892 2.2%

KI-10 Victim Characteristics

Victim characteristics include multiple, distinct data elements. Data elements are victims with 

disabilities, certain behavioral health conditions, a guardian or conservator, and referred for 

services. For specific definitions of each of these elements, see Appendix A. “Exhibit KI-10 Victim 

Characteristics” provides the aggregate count of victims for each distinct data element. Key 

Indicator Component data does not identify the specific values for each victim characteristic. 

However, detailed information for Case Component data values is available in NAMRS FFY2017 

Case Component Report located on ACL’s NAMRS site. 

Male

40.5%

Female

57.2%

Unknown

2.2%
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Exhibit KI-10 Victim Characteristics FFY2017

Data Element

# of States 

that 

Submitted

# of Victims 

Submitted 

by States

# of Victims 

with 

Characteristic

% of Victims

with 

Characteristic

Victims Receiving Benefits 14 50,724 24,553 48.4%

Victims with Disabilities 25 107,725 65,467 60.8%

Victims with Behavioral 

Health Conditions 13 81,000 24,174 29.8%

Victims with Guardians or 

Conservators 10 35,343 2,306 6.5%

Victims Who Received or 

Were Referred for Services 27 84,852 38,702 45.6%

KI-11 Maltreatment Types Among Victims

Each state has distinct statutes and policies guiding the factors that contribute to the type of 

maltreatment accepted for investigation. Different states investigate different types of 

maltreatment. For instance, some states do not investigate self-neglect or suspicious death. States 

also differ in the criteria APS uses to make a determination of the allegation. Some states 

“substantiate” an allegation of maltreatment, usually meaning that APS has determined, through 

an investigation, that the allegation meets the states standard of evidence. A few state APS 

programs do not “substantiate;” instead, APS is only authorized to assess if the person is “at-risk” 

or in need of services.

“Exhibit KI-11 Maltreatment Type Among Victims” provides data on substantiated maltreatment 

type submitted by 45 states for 234,749 victims (as opposed to 217,583 victims in FFY2016). A 

person may be found to be a victim of more than one type of maltreatment. In FFY2017, the highest 

percentage of maltreatment type was Self-Neglect with 60.8%. Self-Neglect was also the highest 

percentage in FFY 2016 with 63.9%. The ACL National Voluntary Consensus Guidelines for APS 

Systems and NAMRS define self-neglect as an adult’s inability, due to physical or mental 

impairment or diminished capacity, to perform essential self-care tasks including:

 obtaining essential food, clothing, shelter, and medical care,

 obtaining goods and services necessary to maintain physical health, mental health, or 

general safety, and

 managing one’s own financial affairs.

1

 

1 Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Final National Voluntary 

Consensus Guidelines for States Adult Protective Services Systems, September 2016.
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An adult not adjudicated incompetent by a court has the right to make decisions about his or her

life, medical care, finances, and home, even if these decisions are perceived as harmful by other 

individuals. This means that competent victims, in most states, have the right to refuse services

from APS. Most states have provisions for APS to work with victims of maltreatment if the 

individual is deemed to lack capacity or cannot consent to services.

The second highest reported type of maltreatment for FFY2016 and FFY2017, at 16.5% and 15.9%

respectively, was Neglect. NAMRS defines neglect as, “the failure of a caregiver or fiduciary to 

provide the goods or services necessary to maintain the health or safety of a person. Includes acts 

of omission and of commission; includes willful deprivation, etc.” 

The third highest maltreatment type for both reporting periods was Financial Exploitation at 

12.7%. Financial exploitation comprised 11% of victim maltreatment in FFY2016. NAMRS 

defines financial exploitation as “illegal or improper use of an individual’s funds, property, or 

assets for another’s profit or advantage.” In FFY2017, 2.8% of maltreatment types was

Exploitation (non-specific) compared to 2.4% in FFY2016. This means that in those states, 

different types of “exploitation” may be grouped under the one type, such as exploitation of the 

person and financial exploitation. 

Reasons for Unknown values may include: (a) recorded as Unknown in state reporting system or 

staff were not able to determine; and (b) data records submitted to NAMRS did not contain the 

information, presumably because the information was not collected by states.

Exhibit KI-11 Maltreatment Type Among Victims FFY2016-FFY2017

Maltreatment Types less than 1% and Unknown not shown above.

63.9%

16.5%

11.0%

10.5%

8.7%

7.1%

2.4%

1.5%

60.8%

15.9%

12.7%

9.8%

8.0%

11.2%

2.8%

1.1%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Self-Neglect

Neglect

Financial Exploitation

Emotional Abuse

Physical Abuse

Other Type

Exploitation (Non-Specific)

Other Exploitation

FFY2016

FFY2017
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Exhibit KI-11 Maltreatment Type Among Victims FFY2016-FFY2017

2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Maltreatment Types

# of States

that 

Submitted

# of States

that 

Submitted

Victim 

Count

Victim 

Count

% of 

Victims 

(N=217,583)

% of 

Victims 

(N=234,749)

Self-Neglect 39 41 138,929 142,705 63.90% 60.8%

Neglect 41 43 35,972 37,239 16.50% 15.9%

Financial 

Exploitation 29 33 24,005 29,860 11.00% 12.7%

Emotional Abuse 32 33 22,900 23,105 10.50% 9.8%

Physical Abuse 42 43 18,920 18,726 8.70% 8.0%

Other Type 14 15 15,410 26,185 7.10% 11.2%

Exploitation

(Non-Specific) 16 19 5,167 6,499 2.40% 2.8%

Other 

Exploitation 9 12 3,245 2,684 1.50% 1.1%

Sexual Abuse 34 35 1,380 1,480 0.60% 0.6%

Abandonment 12 12 1,278 1,199 0.60% 0.5%

Suspicious Death 2 2 40 43 0.02% 0.02%

Unknown 3 0 222 0 0.10% 0.0%

KI-12 Perpetrators by Age Group

In NAMRS, a perpetrator is each person determined to be responsible for one or more 

maltreatments with a disposition of substantiated. The maltreatment may take place in the victim’s 

home or in a facility. Age groupings for perpetrators are the same as for victims, except for the 

addition of Age 17 and Younger. Thirty-six states submitted data on 112,442 perpetrators. “Exhibit 

KI-12 Perpetrators by Age Group” below shows the top three age groupings for perpetrators of 

known age are 60-69 years, 75-84 years, and 50-59 years. The age group of Unknown represents 

unknown age or that the victim and/or perpetrator did not disclose the information. Data on 

perpetrators by age group may include self-neglecters as some states count the victim in these 

cases as perpetrators. There may be more than one perpetrator per investigation. 
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Exhibit KI-12 Perpetrators by Age Group FFY2017

Unknown not shown above.

Age Group # of States that 

Submitted

Perpetrator 

Count

% of 

Perpetrators 

(N=112,442)

Age 17 or Younger 14 1,565 1.4%

Age 18-29 28 4,561 4.1%

Age 30-39 28 5,227 4.6%

Age 40-49 29 7,552 6.7%

Age 50-59 29 13,886 12.3%

Age 60-69 28 19,571 17.4%

Age 70-74 27 9,712 8.6%

Age 75-84 26 15,546 13.8%

Age 85+ 21 7,953 7.1%

Unknown 29 26,869 23.9%

1.4%

4.1%

4.6%

6.7%

12.3%

17.4%

8.6%

13.8%

7.1%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20%

Age 17 or

Younger

Age 18-29

Age 30-39

Age 40-49

Age 50-59

Age 60-69

Age 70-74

Age 75-84

Age 85+
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KI-13 Perpetrators by Gender Identity

Thirty-six states reported the gender identity of 113,304 perpetrators. Within these states, 50.9% 

of perpetrators were submitted as Female, 41.5% as Male, 0.004% as Transgender, and 7.5% as 

Unknown. Unknown means that the perpetrator did not provide their gender identity or it was not 

known to the APS staff. Aggregate data on perpetrators by age gender may include self-neglecters 

as some states count the victim in these cases as perpetrators. “Exhibit KI-13 Perpetrators by 

Gender Identity” includes number of states that submitted, perpetrator counts, and percent of 

perpetrators.

Exhibit KI-13 Perpetrators by Gender Identity FFY2017

Transgender not shown above.

Gender Identity

# of States 

that 

Submitted

Perpetrator 

Count

% of 

Perpetrators 

(N=113,304)

Male 35 47,053 41.5%

Female 36 57,705 50.9%

Transgender 3 5 0.004%

Unknown 28 8,541 7.5%

KI-14 Perpetrator Relationship to Victim & Legal Remedy Recommendations

NAMRS collects data on: (a) perpetrators who had a kinship relationship to the victim (collected 

as Perpetrators with Kinship Relationship), (b) perpetrators who had a non-kinship association to 

the victim (collected as Perpetrators with Association to Victim), and (c) perpetrators where APS 

recommended a legal remedy for the perpetrator against the victim (collected as Perpetrators with 

Legal Remedy Recommendations). These are each distinct data elements and are defined in 

Male

41.5%

Female

50.9%

Unknown

7.5%
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Appendix A. “Exhibit KI-14 Perpetrator Relationship to Victim & Legal Remedy 

Recommendations” provides the perpetrator’s relationship to the victim and legal remedy 

recommendations. 

Exhibit KI-14 Perpetrator Relationship to Victim & Legal Remedy Recommendations FFY2017

Data Element

# of States 

that 

Submitted

# of 

Perpetrators 

Submitted

# of 

Perpetrators 

with 

Characteristic

% of 

Perpetrators

Perpetrators with Kinship 

Relationship 36 111,084 30,039 27.0%

Perpetrators with Association to 

Victim 16 26,155 13,577 51.9%

Perpetrators with Legal Remedy 

Recommendations 9 16,170 11,394 70.5%

End of NAMRS FFY 2017 Report 2: Key Indicators

For more information about NAMRS please direct inquiries to 

ACL Program Officer Stephanie Whittier Eliason