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ADOPTION APPLICATIONS 2003
Table 3: Number of adoption applications by age at time of application, 1983 to 2003
Year (1) | Age group | Total no. of children | Average age of child (1) |
Under 1 year | 1-4 years | 5-11 years | 12-17 years | 18 years & over | Not known |
1983 | 280 | 215 | 412 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | N.A. |
1984 | 209 | 193 | 371 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 938 | N.A. |
1985 | 191 | 208 | 367 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 942 | N.A. |
1986 | 148 | 235 | 441 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 1,056 | N.A. |
1987 | 125 | 297 | 420 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 1,023 | N.A. |
1988 | 130 | 213 | 347 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 836 | N.A. |
1989 | 125 | 212 | 356 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 858 | N.A. |
1990 | 93 | 256 | 328 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 778 | N.A. |
1991 | 72 | 202 | 308 | 79 | 0 | 76 | 737 | N.A. |
1992 | 63 | 270 | 352 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 786 | N.A. |
1993 | 67 | 186 | 386 | 121 | 0 | 26 | 786 | N.A. |
1994 | 71 | 109 | 311 | 112 | 0 | 9 | 612 | N.A. |
1995 | 60 | 151 | 256 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 555 | 7 years 0 months |
1996 | 54 | 142 | 271 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 544 | 7 years 0 months |
1997 | 33 | 120 | 222 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 7 years 1 month |
1998 | 22 | 129 | 259 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 476 | 7 years 3 months |
1999 | 47 | 121 | 208 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 452 | 6 years 11 months |
2000 | 35 | 142 | 166 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 405 | 6 years 7 months |
2001 | 26 | 160 | 179 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 418 | 6 years 5 months |
2002 | 25 | 130 | 142 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 6 years 9 months |
2003 | 20 | 138 | 160 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 373 | 6 years 8 months |
% change 2002 to 2003 | -20% | 6% | 13% | -19% | - | - | 4% | - |
% change 1993 to 2003 | -70% | -26% | -59% | -58% | - | -96% | -53% | - |
% change 1983 to 2003 | -93% | -36% | -61% | -71% | - | - | -65% | - |
(1) N.A. indicates that figures are not available for that year.
Chart 1: Adoption applications by age, 1983-2003
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