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Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Children's Social Work Statistics 2004-05

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Table 1.1: Number of children looked after 2000-2005 by age and gender

Age/gender

Children looked after on 31st March….

Percentage of 2005 total

Children looked after as a percentage of the population

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Male

Under 1

130

101

99

104

122

141

1

0.5

1-4

956

890

957

926

975

995

8

0.9

5-11

1,997

1,968

2,081

2,144

2,192

2,269

19

1.1

12-15

2,724

2,577

2,548

2,498

2,489

2,481

20

1.9

16-17

765

756

801

811

793

849

7

1.3

unknown

10...

Total

6,572

6,291

6,486

6,483

6,571

6,736

55

1.2

Female

Under 1

105

92

84

77

125

106

1

0.4

1-4

729

722

811

841

873

957

8

0.9

5-11

1,572

1,554

1,701

1,771

1,873

1,987

16

1.0

12-15

1,763

1,674

1,676

1,617

1,687

1,806

15

1.4

16-17

568

564

483

599

546

592

5

0.9

unknown

00...

Total

4,737

4,606

4,755

4,905

5,104

5,448

45

1.0

All people

Under 1

235

193

183

181

247

247

2

0.5

1-4

1,685

1,612

1,768

1,768

1,848

1,952

16

0.9

5-11

3,569

3,522

3,781

3,914

4,065

4,257

35

1.0

12-15

4,487

4,251

4,224

4,115

4,176

4,287

35

1.7

16-17

1,333

1,319

1,284

1,410

1,339

1,441

12

1.1

unknown

10...

Total

11,309

10,897

11,241

11,388

11,675

12,185

100

1.1

Age/gender

Children starting to be looked after in financial year ending….

% of total

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2005

Male

Under 1

115

127

139

146

179

218

5

1-4

497

444

516

457

483

433

10

5-11

805

737

702

783

732

666

15

12-15

1,177

1,220

1,070

1,021

949

949

22

16-17

156

192

210

163

142

100

2

unknown

10

Total

2,750

2,720

2,637

2,570

2,485

2,367

55

Female

Under 1

122

107

120

123

187

182

4

1-4

398

377

427

393

417

424

10

5-11

585

578

583

568

626

589

14

12-15

797

782

781

753

750

695

16

16-17

120

130

130

108

100

74

2

unknown

10

Total

2,022

1,974

2,042

1,943

2,079

1,965

45

All people

Under 1

237

234

259

268

366

400

9

1-4

895

821

943

850

900

857

20

5-11

1,390

1,315

1,285

1,350

1,357

1,255

29

12-15

1,974

2,002

1,852

1,773

1,699

1,644

38

16-17

276

322

340

271

242

175

4

unknown

20

Total

4,772

4,694

4,678

4,513

4,564

4,333

100

Note: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
In previous years 'unknowns' were allocated to a category rather than being reported as unknown.
Table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once here.
Changes between 2003-04 and 2004-05 are partly due to improved recording.
Rates per population based on GRO(Scotland) June 2004 population estimates.

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