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Table 3.2: Characteristics of children looked after by local authority, 31st March 2007

Local authority area

Gender of children looked after

Age of children looked after

Children known to be from minority ethnic groups

Children known to have a disability

Children under 5

Children 16 or over

Male

Female

Percentage male

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Aberdeen City

324

259

56

143

25

60

10

18

3

107

18

Aberdeenshire

224

200

53

66

16

72

17

2

0

20

5

Angus

149

134

53

77

27

28

10

8

3

9

3

Argyll & Bute

131

88

60

36

16

30

14

6

3

24

11

Clackmannanshire

105

77

58

37

20

28

15

1

1

67

37

Dumfries & Galloway

233

186

56

100

24

44

11

2

0

16

4

Dundee City

310

232

57

141

26

45

8

15

3

35

6

East Ayrshire

224

216

51

63

14

83

19

0

0

30

7

East Dunbartonshire

64

37

63

18

18

21

21

4

4

20

20

East Lothian

120

76

61

33

17

23

12

11

6

7

4

East Renfrewshire

66

37

64

18

17

28

27

5

5

63

61

Edinburgh, City of

678

550

55

244

20

160

13

24

2

77

6

Eilean Siar

23

26

47

6

12

5

10

0

0

16

33

Falkirk

205

149

58

72

20

51

14

4

1

26

7

Fife

392

328

54

171

24

71

10

12

2

31

4

Glasgow City

1,647

1,272

56

469

16

411

14

143

5

457

16

Highland

268

233

53

118

24

51

10

9

2

137

27

Inverclyde

174

98

64

52

19

36

13

8

3

73

27

Midlothian

158

144

52

52

17

41

14

0

0

12

4

Moray

107

86

55

34

18

35

18

3

2

4

2

North Ayrshire

252

221

53

93

20

68

14

6

1

67

14

North Lanarkshire

447

308

59

135

18

143

19

2

0

13

2

Orkney Isles

13

12

52

5

20

2

8

0

0

11

44

Perth & Kinross

104

79

57

30

16

16

9

1

1

28

15

Renfrewshire

299

283

51

100

17

65

11

4

1

50

9

Scottish Borders

121

73

62

46

24

27

14

1

1

17

9

Shetland

13

14

48

6

22

6

22

0

0

22

81

South Ayrshire

154

110

58

52

20

24

9

1

0

117

44

South Lanarkshire

288

228

56

86

17

69

13

0

0

0

0

Stirling

103

89

54

26

14

27

14

3

2

12

6

West Dunbartonshire

213

174

55

59

15

57

15

0

0

6

2

West Lothian

178

254

41

78

18

27

6

10

2

34

8

Scotland

7,787

6,273

55

2,666

19

1,854

13

303

2

1,608

11

Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
'Minority Ethnic Group' includes the ethnic groups Mixed Ethnicity, Black, Asian, and Other Ethnic Background.

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