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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2003-04
TABLE 3.4
CHILDREN REGISTERED FOLLOWING A CASE CONFERENCE: 1999-2004
CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED BY CONFERENCE 1
Category of abuse/risk | Year Ended 31 March…… | % of total 2004 | % change 2003-2004 | % change 1999-2004 |
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 (2) | 2004 |
Physical injury | 836 | 713 | 688 | 644 | 766 | 741 | 30% | -3% | -11% |
Sexual abuse | 344 | 286 | 256 | 249 | 310 | 233 | 10% | -25% | -32% |
Emotional abuse | 209 | 235 | 270 | 264 | 438 | 435 | 18% | -1% | 108% |
Physical neglect | 563 | 639 | 558 | 809 | 969 | 1,015 | 42% | 5% | 80% |
Other | 10 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 16 | 1% | -52% | 57% |
Total | 1,962 | 1,890 | 1,783 | 1,979 | 2,517 | 2,440 | 100% | -3% | 24% |
Note(1): Children referred for child protection inquiries in Scotland in the year ended 31 March who were subject to a case conference.
and were registered as a result of that conference.
Note (2): Highland revised their figure for the number of child protection registrations during 2002-03, from 100 to 171.
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