Table 1 Investigation cases started and closed, by conclusion and sex, age and county. 1993-2000

1	Investigation cases started and closed, by conclusion and sex, age and county. 1993-2000

	Investigation cases started¹	Investigation cases closed	Conclusion			Investigation cases per 1 000 children 0-17 years

	Investigation cases started¹	Investigation cases closed	Resolution by BVL	The case was dropped	Unknown	Investigation cases per 1 000 children 0-17 years

1993	12 939	11 717	5 768	5 578	371	13,0
1994	13 286	11 277	5 784	5 136	357	13,2
1995	14 163	12 694	6 638	5 921	135	14,0
1996	14 871	14 113	7 219	6 595	299	14,5
1997	15 761	15 293	8 051	6 846	396	15,3
1998	16 047	15 725	8 395	7 023	307	15,4
1999	17 059	16 026	8 447	7 217	362	16,2

2000	17 545	17 271	9 393	7 549	329	16,5

Sex
Boys	9 359	9 251	5 090	3 969	192	17,2
Girls	8 035	7 889	4 225	3 532	132	15,6
Unknown	151	131	78	48	5	-

Age
0-2 years	2 233	2 027	1 176	806	45	12,5
3-6 years	3 953	3 822	2 161	1 581	80	16,1
7-13 years	6 438	6 353	3 435	2 802	116	15,2
14-17 years	4 585	4 599	2 410	2 110	79	21,5
18 years and over	323	459	206	244	9	-
Unknown	13	11	5	6	-	-

County
Østfold	1 048	1 016	440	527	49	18,7
Akershus	1 440	1 457	754	657	46	12,2
Oslo	1 656	1 665	983	672	10	16,8
Hedmark	602	623	308	303	12	14,8
Oppland	450	462	271	186	5	11,3
Buskerud	1 063	1 032	556	472	4	19,7
Vestfold	1 045	1 008	488	516	4	20,9
Telemark	833	848	432	394	22	22,3
Aust-Agder	484	461	247	206	8	19,4
Vest-Agder	700	682	332	339	11	17,6
Rogaland	1 537	1 519	915	604	-	15,4
Hordaland	1 676	1 709	905	742	62	15,4
Sogn og Fjordane	374	334	211	121	2	13,8
Møre og Romsdal	885	849	539	290	20	14,9
Sør-Trøndelag	904	878	516	345	17	14,4
Nord-Trøndelag	491	468	292	175	1	15,6
Nordland	1 225	1 167	635	518	14	21,5
Troms	719	699	384	285	30	19,6
Finnmark	413	394	185	197	12	22,3

¹	The children are counted once for each municipality where investigation has started.