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CHILD PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2000

TABLE 5A CHILDREN DE-REGISTERED : BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED AT CONFERENCE

Category of abuse/risk

Year Ended 31 March......

1999

2000

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

 

Physical injury

845

43.6

839

39.7

 

Sexual abuse

343

17.7

358

17.0

 

Emotional abuse

201

10.4

222

10.5

 

Physical neglect

528

27.3

673

31.9

 

Other

19

1.0

19

0.9

 

Total

1,936

100.0

2,112

100.0

 

TABLE 5B CHILDREN DE-REGISTERED : BREAKDOWN BY LENGTH OF TIME ON CHILD PROTECTION REGISTER

Length of time registered

Year Ended 31 March......

1999

2000

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

 

Less than 6 months

618

31.9

716

33.9

 

6 months to under 1 year

673

34.8

702

33.2

 

1 year to under 18 months

271

14.0

305

14.4

 

18 months to under 2 years

156

8.1

163

7.7

 

2 years or more

218

11.3

226

10.7

 

Total

1,936

100.0

2,112

100.0

1. 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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