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CHILD PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2001

TABLE 4
CHILDREN REGISTERED AS A RESULT OF A CASE CONFERENCE 1 : BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED BY CONFERENCE

Category of abuse/risk

Year Ended 31 March……

2000

2001

Number

Percentage of total

Number

Percentage of total

Physical injury

713

37.7

688

38.6

Sexual abuse

286

15.1

256

14.4

Emotional abuse

235

12.4

270

15.1

Physical neglect

639

33.8

558

31.3

Other

18

1.0

11

0.6

Total

1,891

100.0

1,783

100.0

1. Children referred for child protection inquiries in the years ended 31 March 2000 & 2001 who were subject to a case conference and were registered as a result of that conference.
2. Due to the inclusion of some estimated (rounded) figures in tables, the sum of component parts may not equal the totals shown.

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