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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2002-03
TABLE 24 CHILDREN REGISTERED FOLLOWING A CASE CONFERENCE 1,2 : CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED BY CONFERENCE
Category of abuse/risk | Year Ended 31 March…… |
2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | % diff from 01 | Number | Percentage | % diff from 02 |
Physical injury | 688 | 39 | 644 | 33 | -6 | 757 | 31 | 18 |
Sexual abuse | 256 | 14 | 249 | 13 | -3 | 301 | 12 | 21 |
Emotional abuse | 270 | 15 | 264 | 13 | -2 | 408 | 17 | 55 |
Physical neglect | 558 | 31 | 809 | 41 | 45 | 946 | 39 | 17 |
Other | 11 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 157 |
Total | 1,783 | 100 | 1,979 | 100 | 11 | 2,446 | 100 | 24 |
Note: (1) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note: (2) Children referred for child protection inquiries in Scotland in the years ended 31 March 2001, 2002 & 2003 who were subject to a case conference and were registered as a result of that conference.
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