It's easy to have low child abuse numbers when you have counties like Luzerne just deleting records. Also helps if agencies call allegations unfounded even if the adult has admitted to the accusation because the agency doesn't get involved in cases where the child is 14 and up. I worked with the child population and have pictures of human bite marks in places a child could never do to themselves, boot prints from being kicked, and way beyond that have all come back unfounded. PA doesn't have less child abuse; we have worse child protective services agencies.