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For Scotland's children report
Appendix 3 selected statistics: children's services
The information in the Appendix has been drawn together from a variety of published
sources by SEED: IACD
Index
Population
Figure 1 Mid-year population estimates; Scotland and
its council areas by age group: 2000
Poverty & Deprivation
Figure 2 Percentage of children in workless households,
1993 to 2000
Figure 3 Percentage of children living in households
with relatively low income, 1979 to 1999
Figure 4 Percentage of children living in households
with absolute low incomes, 1979 to 1999
Figure 5 Number and percentage of pupils recorded as
entitled to free meals by education authority and sector, 1999/00
Figure 6 Comparison of education authorities by 5-14
attainment and eligibility for free school meals, 1999/00
Education
Figure 7 Standard grade and higher qualifications by
gender for S4 and S5 pupils: 1996/97 to 1999/00
Figure 8 Unauthorised absence from primary schools
1994/95 to 1999/00
Figure 9 Unauthorised absence from secondary schools
1994/95 to 1999/00
Figure 10 Exclusions from local authority schools
by sector and gender, 1999/00
Figure 11 Exclusions from local authority schools
by specific circumstances, 1999/00
Health
Figure 12 Infant mortality, 1971 to 1999
Figure 13 Death rates, by age, 1989 to 1999
Figure 14 Teenage pregnancy rates, for girls aged
13-15, by deprivation: 1998/99
Social Work
Figure 15 Number of children looked after at 31 March
2000, by local authority and age group, and number of children on child protection
registers as at 31 March 1999, by local authority
Figure 16 Number of children looked after at 31 March
2000, by type of accommodation
Justice
Figure 17 Number of persons proceeded against where
main offence was child abuse, 1990 to 1999
Figure 18 Number of under-16s dealt with by courts,
1990 to 1999
Figure 19 Scottish Children's Reporter Administration:
initial referrals to reporters 1989 to 1999/00
Figure 20 Scottish Children's Reporter Administration:
alleged grounds for referral - offence/non-offence categories, 1999/00
Housing
Figure 21 Households and households with dependent
children in temporary accommodation: end of December 2000, by local authority
Population
Figure 1
Mid-year population estimates; Scotland and its council areas by age group:
2000
| |
Age Group
|
|
All ages
|
0
|
0-4
|
5-11
|
12-15
|
%0-15(1)
|
16
|
17
|
|
Scotland
|
5,114,600
|
54,028
|
288,310
|
450,140
|
262,098
|
19.6
|
62,066
|
63,235
|
|
Aberdeen City
|
211,250
|
2,178
|
11,219
|
17,502
|
9,818
|
18.2
|
2,250
|
2,431
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
227,200
|
2,447
|
13,232
|
21,531
|
12,664
|
20.9
|
2,948
|
2,913
|
|
Angus
|
109,180
|
1,067
|
5,984
|
9,752
|
5,681
|
19.6
|
1,397
|
1,309
|
|
Argyll & Bute
|
88,790
|
784
|
4,296
|
6,990
|
4,421
|
17.7
|
1,106
|
1,178
|
|
Clackmannanshire
|
48,460
|
535
|
2,858
|
4,541
|
2,696
|
20.8
|
628
|
623
|
|
Dumfries & Galloway
|
145,800
|
1,375
|
7,702
|
12,642
|
7,583
|
19.2
|
1,739
|
1,771
|
|
Dundee City
|
142,700
|
1,501
|
7,956
|
12,090
|
7,170
|
19.1
|
1,691
|
1,728
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
120,630
|
1,261
|
6,807
|
11,164
|
6,358
|
20.2
|
1,518
|
1,487
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
110,760
|
985
|
5,748
|
9,241
|
5,508
|
18.5
|
1,346
|
1,392
|
|
East Lothian
|
91,280
|
1,019
|
5,362
|
8,247
|
4,538
|
19.9
|
1,025
|
983
|
|
East Renfrewshire
|
89,790
|
958
|
5,163
|
8,175
|
4,599
|
20.0
|
1,114
|
1,157
|
|
Edinburgh, City of
|
453,430
|
4,654
|
23,941
|
34,891
|
19,233
|
17.2
|
4,418
|
4,572
|
|
Eilean Siar
|
27,180
|
251
|
1,401
|
2,421
|
1,518
|
19.6
|
348
|
376
|
|
Falkirk
|
144,320
|
1,555
|
8,349
|
12,913
|
7,116
|
19.7
|
1,699
|
1,835
|
|
Fife
|
350,400
|
3,559
|
19,392
|
31,348
|
18,704
|
19.8
|
4,432
|
4,472
|
|
Glasgow City
|
609,370
|
6,644
|
34,684
|
52,415
|
30,214
|
19.3
|
6,843
|
7,260
|
|
Highland
|
208,600
|
2,157
|
11,958
|
19,100
|
11,285
|
20.3
|
2,741
|
2,676
|
|
Inverclyde
|
84,600
|
896
|
4,851
|
7,715
|
4,639
|
20.3
|
1,083
|
1,082
|
|
Midlothian
|
82,200
|
968
|
4,818
|
7,291
|
4,214
|
19.9
|
981
|
1,022
|
|
Moray
|
84,950
|
957
|
5,132
|
7,998
|
4,615
|
20.9
|
1,080
|
1,125
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
138,850
|
1,395
|
7,681
|
12,693
|
7,801
|
20.3
|
1,826
|
1,886
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
327,620
|
3,790
|
20,064
|
29,763
|
17,571
|
20.6
|
4,328
|
4,373
|
|
Orkney Islands
|
19,480
|
164
|
1,025
|
1,836
|
1,088
|
20.3
|
258
|
276
|
|
Perth & Kinross
|
133,620
|
1,327
|
7,090
|
11,315
|
6,941
|
19.0
|
1,871
|
1,777
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
176,970
|
1,981
|
10,547
|
16,164
|
9,420
|
20.4
|
2,104
|
2,172
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
106,900
|
1,107
|
5,802
|
9,198
|
5,169
|
18.9
|
1,220
|
1,255
|
|
Shetland Islands
|
22,440
|
290
|
1,377
|
2,348
|
1,318
|
22.5
|
297
|
308
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
113,920
|
1,051
|
5,814
|
9,590
|
5,795
|
18.6
|
1,455
|
1,377
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
307,400
|
3,328
|
17,525
|
28,204
|
16,319
|
20.2
|
4,033
|
3,961
|
|
Stirling
|
85,220
|
878
|
4,796
|
7,200
|
4,291
|
19.1
|
1,042
|
1,134
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
94,600
|
1,039
|
5,624
|
9,021
|
5,361
|
21.1
|
1,283
|
1,344
|
|
West Lothian
|
156,690
|
1,927
|
10,112
|
14,841
|
8,450
|
21.3
|
1,962
|
1,980
|
Notes: (1) All those aged 0-15 as a percentage of the whole population.
Source: Calculated from figures from the General Register for Scotland
(available at: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/mpesya00
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