Table 8 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2005

8	New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2005

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

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

2005	10 045	1 365	1 579	3 513	3 277	311

Neglect	126	10	20	46	45	5
Physical abuse	394	50	62	163	110	9
Mental abuse	151	16	27	59	46	3
Sexual abuse/incest	77	3	9	26	36	3
Parents's mental suffering	894	181	188	357	159	9
Parents's drug excess	572	143	90	207	122	10
Parents's inhability of care	835	204	123	257	231	20
Parents dead	48	5	5	13	22	3
The child disabled	122	7	14	46	48	7
The child's drug excess	150	0	0	2	110	38
The child's behavioural problems	1 535	19	74	383	983	76
The conditions in the home	4 573	624	828	1 728	1 306	87
Other reason	1 794	213	274	640	579	88
Unknown reason	1 520	214	241	529	494	42

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.