Table 8 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2003

8	New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2003

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	-2	3-5	6-12	13-17	18- and unknown

2003	9 443	1 252	1 585	3 205	3 063	338

Neglect	135	23	23	50	37	2
Physical abuse	298	38	47	117	90	6
Mental abuse	155	15	19	64	52	5
Sexual abuse/incest	89	2	9	33	40	5
Parents's mental suffering	1 004	222	207	369	194	12
Parents's drug excess	738	192	113	252	175	6
Parents's inhability of care	862	183	146	295	214	24
Parents dead	85	2	12	28	39	4
The child disabled	104	5	19	34	43	3
The child's drug excess	188	0	1	1	154	32
The child's behavioural problems	1 505	20	67	354	991	73
The conditions in the home	4 204	567	833	1 601	1 128	75
Other reason	1 704	213	272	543	560	116
Unknown reason	1 239	144	223	425	379	68

¹	There may be several reasons for intervention. Hence, the sum of reasons is larger than the number of children total.
²	Including children with unknown age.