CHILD PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2002
TABLE 6
NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON CHILD PROTECTION REGISTERS : BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP
Gender | Age group | Year Ended 31 March…… |
2001 | 2002 |
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Boys | 0-4 | 454 | 22.7 | 476 | 23.6 |
5-10 | 348 | 17.4 | 354 | 17.6 |
11-15 | 224 | 11.2 | 179 | 8.9 |
16+ | 8 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.2 |
Total boys | 1,035 | 51.8 | 1,013 | 50.2 |
Girls | 0-4 | 371 | 18.5 | 458 | 22.7 |
5-10 | 344 | 17.2 | 327 | 16.2 |
11-15 | 236 | 11.8 | 208 | 10.3 |
16+ | 15 | 0.7 | 12 | 0.6 |
Total girls | 965 | 48.2 | 1,005 | 49.8 |
All children | 0-4 | 825 | 41.2 | 933 | 46.3 |
5-10 | 693 | 34.6 | 681 | 33.8 |
11-15 | 460 | 23.0 | 387 | 19.2 |
16+ | 23 | 1.1 | 16 | 0.8 |
Total children | 2,000 | 100.0 | 2,018 | 100.0 |