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CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 2001-02

TABLE 1
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER ON 31 MARCH 2002 : BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP 1-3

Age group

31 March 2001

31 March 2002

% change 2001 to 2002

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Male

Under 1

101

1

99

1

-2

1-4

890

8

957

9

8

5-11

1,968

18

2,081

19

6

12-15

2,577

24

2,548

23

-1

16-17

756

7

801

7

6

Total

6,291

58

6,486

58

3

Female

Under 1

92

1

84

1

-9

1-4

722

7

811

7

12

5-11

1,554

14

1,701

15

9

12-15

1,674

15

1,676

15

0

16-17

564

5

483

4

-14

Total

4,606

42

4,755

42

3

All people

Under 1

193

2

183

2

-5

1-4

1,612

15

1,768

16

10

5-11

3,522

32

3,781

34

7

12-15

4,251

39

4,224

38

-1

16-17

1,319

12

1,284

11

-3

Total

10,897

100

11,241

100

3

Note: (1) Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Note: (2) Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information.
Note: (3) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.

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