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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2003-04
TABLE 3.5
CHILDREN DE-REGISTERED : 1999-2004
CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED AND LENGTH OF TIME ON REGISTER 1
| Year Ended 31 March…… | % of total 2004 | % change 2003-2004 | % change 1999-2004 |
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 (2) | 2004 |
Category of abuse/risk |
Physical injury | 845 | 839 | 627 | 758 | 770 | 793 | 30% | 3% | -6% |
Sexual abuse | 343 | 358 | 300 | 296 | 318 | 314 | 12% | -1% | -8% |
Emotional abuse | 201 | 222 | 202 | 319 | 397 | 455 | 17% | 15% | 127% |
Physical neglect | 528 | 673 | 513 | 825 | 907 | 1,040 | 39% | 15% | 97% |
Other | 19 | 19 | 44 | 18 | 17 | 32 | 1% | 89% | 69% |
Length of time registered |
Less than 6 months | 618 | 716 | 570 | 815 | 942 | 1,085 | 41% | 15% | 76% |
6 months to under 1 year | 673 | 702 | 543 | 729 | 835 | 843 | 32% | 1% | 25% |
1 year to under 18 months | 271 | 305 | 303 | 328 | 316 | 407 | 15% | 29% | 50% |
18 months to under 2 years | 156 | 163 | 127 | 185 | 151 | 131 | 5% | -13% | -16% |
2 years or more | 218 | 226 | 144 | 159 | 164 | 168 | 6% | 2% | -23% |
Total | 1,936 | 2,112 | 1,687 | 2,216 | 2,408 | 2,634 | 100% | 9% | 36% |
Note1: Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note 2: Highland revised their figure for the number of child deregistered during 2002-03, from 21 to 157.
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