News Release: CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER IN THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2001
TABLE 5
NUMBER OF CHILDREN STARTING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2001 : BREAKDOWN BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP 1,2,3
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 | 127 | 54 | 107 | 46 | 235 |
1-4 | 444 | 54 | 377 | 46 | 821 |
5-11 | 737 | 56 | 578 | 44 | 1,315 |
12-15 | 1,220 | 61 | 782 | 39 | 2,002 |
16-17 | 192 | 60 | 130 | 40 | 322 |
Total | 2,720 | 58 | 1,974 | 42 | 4,694 |
1. Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
2. Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information.
Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
3. Table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once here.