INDIANAPOLIS – In a new report released Dec. 31, results show that 65 Indiana children died from abuse or neglect during 2018, the same number as its last year-long review.

The Indiana Department of Child Services said it investigated 242 child fatalities in that happened in 2018, determining that 26% of those deaths were from abuse or neglect.

Northwestern Indiana’s Lake County had the most abuse or neglect deaths during 2018 with eight, while central Indiana’s Madison County was next highest with five.

The most common causes of death during 2018 were abusive head trauma, drowning and poisoning or acute intoxication, according to the report. Ten of the 65 child victims had previous substantiated history of neglect or abuse with DCS.