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Table 3.2: Characteristics of children looked after by local authority, 31st March 2008
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 |
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Children under 5 | Children 16 or over |
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Male | Female | Percentage male | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
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Aberdeen City | 377 | 273 | 58 | 153 | 24 | 71 | 11 | 45 | 7 | 43 | 7 |
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Aberdeenshire | 227 | 205 | 53 | 63 | 15 | 95 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
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Angus | 169 | 118 | 59 | 65 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
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Argyll & Bute | 123 | 85 | 59 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
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Clackmannanshire | 101 | 70 | 59 | 43 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 26 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 252 | 210 | 55 | 125 | 27 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
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Dundee City | 344 | 263 | 57 | 152 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 49 | 8 |
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East Ayrshire | 247 | 223 | 53 | 84 | 18 | 91 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 8 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 64 | 38 | 63 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 |
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East Lothian | 108 | 79 | 58 | 32 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 |
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East Renfrewshire | 87 | 50 | 64 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 731 | 563 | 56 | 313 | 24 | 117 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 78 | 6 |
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Eilean Siar | 17 | 22 | 44 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
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Falkirk | 283 | 203 | 58 | 123 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 6 |
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Fife | 404 | 373 | 52 | 166 | 21 | 70 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 3 |
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Glasgow City | 1,659 | 1,360 | 55 | 485 | 16 | 460 | 15 | 125 | 4 | 518 | 17 |
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Highland | 235 | 230 | 51 | 88 | 19 | 65 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 16 |
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Inverclyde | 168 | 117 | 59 | 60 | 21 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 26 |
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Midlothian | 167 | 149 | 53 | 46 | 15 | 50 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
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Moray | 95 | 87 | 52 | 31 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
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North Ayrshire | 264 | 233 | 53 | 114 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 12 |
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North Lanarkshire | 477 | 378 | 56 | 155 | 18 | 182 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 6 |
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Orkney Isles | 18 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
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Perth & Kinross | 120 | 73 | 62 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 21 |
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Renfrewshire | 354 | 309 | 53 | 120 | 18 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 4 |
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Scottish Borders | 108 | 74 | 59 | 35 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
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Shetland | 20 | 14 | 59 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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South Ayrshire | 165 | 111 | 60 | 47 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 40 |
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South Lanarkshire | 302 | 244 | 55 | 101 | 18 | 63 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Stirling | 112 | 100 | 53 | 32 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 225 | 183 | 55 | 66 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
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West Lothian | 229 | 174 | 57 | 81 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 7 |
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Scotland | 8,252 | 6,634 | 55 | 2,911 | 20 | 1,863 | 13 | 354 | 2 | 1,493 | 10 |
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Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Figures are provisional and may be revised in 2008-09.
'Minority Ethnic Group' includes the ethnic groups Mixed Ethnicity, Black, Asian, and Other Ethnic Background.
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