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CHILD PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2000

TABLE 4 CHILDREN REGISTERED AS A RESULT OF A CASE CONFERENCE1 : BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED BY CONFERENCE

Category of abuse/risk

Year Ended 31 March……

1999

2000

Number

Percentage

of total

Number

Percentage

of total

 

Physical injury

836

42.6

713

37.7

 

Sexual abuse

344

17.6

286

15.1

 

Emotional abuse

209

10.7

235

12.4

 

Physical neglect

563

28.7

639

33.8

 

Other

10

0.5

18

1.0

 

Total

1,962

100.0

1,890

100.0

1. Children referred for child protection inquiries in the years ended 31 March 1999 & 2000 who were subject to a case conference and were registered as a result of that conference.
2. Due to the inclusion of some estimated (rounded) figures in tables, the sum of component parts may not equal the totals shown.

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