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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2002-03
TABLE 1 CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER, CHILDREN STARTING AND CEASING TO BE LOOKED AFTER 2002-03 : BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP 1-3
Age group | Children looked after on 31 March 2003 | Children starting to be looked after 02-03 | Children ceasing to be looked after 02-03 |
Number | Percentage | % diff from 02 | Number | Percentage | % diff from 01-02 | Number | Percentage | % diff from 01-02 |
Male |
Under 1 | 104 | 1 | 5 | 146 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 1 | -50 |
1-4 | 926 | 8 | -3 | 457 | 10 | -11 | 298 | 7 | -10 |
5-11 | 2,144 | 19 | 3 | 783 | 17 | 12 | 536 | 13 | 1 |
12-15 | 2,498 | 22 | -2 | 1,021 | 23 | -5 | 633 | 16 | -17 |
16-17 | 811 | 7 | 1 | 163 | 4 | -22 | 770 | 19 | 3 |
Total | 6,483 | 57 | 0 | 2,570 | 57 | -3 | 2,263 | 56 | -7 |
Female |
Under 1 | 77 | 1 | -8 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 73 |
1-4 | 841 | 7 | 4 | 393 | 9 | -8 | 275 | 7 | -9 |
5-11 | 1,771 | 16 | 4 | 568 | 13 | -3 | 479 | 12 | 16 |
12-15 | 1,617 | 14 | -4 | 753 | 17 | -4 | 469 | 12 | -9 |
16-17 | 599 | 5 | 24 | 108 | 2 | -17 | 504 | 13 | -3 |
Total | 4,905 | 43 | 3 | 1,943 | 43 | -5 | 1,771 | 44 | 0 |
All people |
Under 1 | 181 | 2 | -1 | 268 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 2 | -10 |
1-4 | 1,768 | 16 | 0 | 850 | 19 | -10 | 573 | 14 | -10 |
5-11 | 3,914 | 34 | 4 | 1,350 | 30 | 5 | 1,015 | 25 | 8 |
12-15 | 4,115 | 36 | -3 | 1,773 | 39 | -4 | 1,102 | 27 | -14 |
16-17 | 1,410 | 12 | 10 | 271 | 6 | -20 | 1,274 | 32 | 1 |
Total | 11,388 | 100 | 1 | 4,513 | 100 | -4 | 4,034 | 100 | -4 |
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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