根据中国儿童福利和收养中心的粗略统计，全国各地设立的“弃婴安全岛”接受的弃婴，大约99%都是病残儿童。婴儿被遗弃的主要原因是家庭无法承受昂贵的医疗费，无法承受特殊孩子将来的特殊教育费用，很多家庭担心因病致贫，这一定程度上凸显了当前中国儿童福利保障制度有不完善的方面。
gēnjù Zhōngguó értóng fúlì hé shōuyǎng zhōngxīn de cūlüè tǒngjì ，quánguó gèdì shèlì de “qìyīng ānquándǎo ”jiēshòu de qìyīng ，dàyuē bǎifēnzhījiǔshíjiǔ dōu shì bìngcán értóng 。yīngér bèi yíqì de zhǔyào yuányīn shì jiātíng wúfǎ chéngshòu ángguì de yīliáo fèi ，wúfǎ chéngshòu tèshū háizi jiānglái de tèshū jiàoyù fèiyòng ，hěnduō jiātíng dānxīn yīn bìng zhì pín ，zhè yīdìng chéngdùshàng tūxiǎn le dāngqián Zhōngguó értóng fúlì bǎozhàng zhìdù yǒu bù wánshàn de fāngmiàn 。
According to rough statistics from the China Centre for Children's Welfare and Adoption, of the babies received in every single place where “abandoned baby safety islands” have been established, approximately 99% of them are disabled children. The biggest reason that babies are abandoned is that families have no way to cope with the high costs of medical treatment and no way to cope with the future costs of special education for their special child. Many families are afraid that they will be made poor because of the illness. This has definitely revealed the imperfect aspects of China's present children's welfare system.