Statistics Norway

10 New cases of children with measures from the Child Welfare Services, by age and reason for measures. 2010
Reason for measures1 Total2 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18- and
unknown
2010 13 727 2 059 2 019 4 654 4 499  496
             
Neglect 79 21 8 34 15 1
Physical abuse  308 22 47  112  123 4
Mental abuse  159 13 21 57 63 5
Sexual abuse/incest 99 3 13 32 46 5
Parents' somatic illness  243 39 50 98 54 2
Parents' mental suffering 1 489  415  261  540  253 20
Parents' drug abuse 1 134  296  222  346  260 10
Parents' inability of care 1 259  366  174  364  327 28
Parents' dead 80 5 8 31 33 3
Parents' crime 86 35 13 24 14 0
Domestic violence  843  144  163  330  194 12
The child is disabled  147 13 17 64 47 6
The childs' psychological problems  499 0 6  113  342 38
The childs drug abuse  206 4 6 2  145 49
The childs behavioural problems 1 596 18 80  408 1 024 66
Domestic conditions 7 200 1 067 1 169 2 752 2 068  144
Other reason 2 871  318  366  853 1 104  230
Unknown reason 11 1 1 5 4 0
1  There may be several reasons for intervention. Hence, the sum of reasons is larger than the total number of children.
2  Including children with unknown age.

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