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TABLE 5 NUMBER OF CHILDREN STARTING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2000 : BREAKDOWN BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP 1,2
| Age group |
Gender | Total | |||
| Male | Female | ||||
| Number in each age group | Percentage of each age group who are male | Number in each age group | Percentage of each age group who are female | Number in each age group | |
| Under 1 |
115 | 48 | 122 |
52 | 237 |
| 1-4 |
497 | 56 | 398 |
44 | 895 |
| 5-11 |
805 | 58 | 585 |
42 | 1,390 |
| 12-15 |
1,177 | 60 | 797 |
40 | 1,974 |
| 16-17 |
156 | 56 | 120 |
44 | 276 |
| Total |
2,749 | 58 | 2,022 |
42 | 4,771 |
1. Table excludes children who are on a planned series
of short term placements.
2. Table includes estimates for local authorities
not able to provide information. Therefore, some of the totals in this table may
not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
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