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CHILD PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2002
TABLE 4
CHILDREN REGISTERED FOLLOWING A CASE CONFERENCE 1 : CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED BY CONFERENCE
Category of abuse/risk | Year Ended 31 March…… |
2001 | 2002 |
| Number | Percentage of total | Number | Percentage of total |
Physical injury | 688 | 38.6 | 644 | 32.5 |
Sexual abuse | 256 | 14.4 | 249 | 12.6 |
Emotional abuse | 270 | 15.1 | 264 | 13.3 |
Physical neglect | 558 | 31.3 | 809 | 40.9 |
Other | 11 | 0.6 | 13 | 0.7 |
Total | 1,783 | 100.0 | 1,979 | 100.0 |
1. Children referred for child protection inquiries in the years ended 31 March 2001 & 2002 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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