Statistics Norway

Child welfare, investigations

2   Cases investigated at the child welfare service, by the report's contents and who reported the case. 1997-2005
The case is reported by1 Investigation
cases started2
The report's contents
Inadequate
care/abuse
The conditions
at the home
The child's
behavioural
problems
Other Unknown
1997 15 761 3 177 7 761 2 849 3 886  387
1998 16 047 2 999 8 311 3 082 3 754  151
1999 17 059 3 328 8 746 3 514 3 961 70
2000 17 545 3 305 9 152 3 557 3 906  107
2001 18 655 3 523 10 002 3 716 4 017 69
2002 19 201 4 017 10 545 3 493 3 856 20
2003 20 096 4 441 10 944 3 474 4 337 25
2004 21 335 4 778 11 612 3 767 4 322 11
             
2005 21 316 4 646 11 721 3 906 4 096 4
             
The child  351 81  211 34 84 0
Mother/father 4 502  446 2 649  929 1 068 2
Other family  832  288  495 50  137 1
Neigbours  623  256  341 63 64 0
Social service 1 031  217  681 66  192 0
Child welfare service 2 475  691 1 560  259  386 1
Emergency child protection center 1 578  487  747  291  253 0
Kindergarten  561  173  324 70 82 0
Child health center 1 124  218  717  135  218 0
Physician/hospital 1 147  233  646  136  280 0
School 2 404  477 1 115  870  423 1
Educational/psychological service  425 42  240  145 81 0
Police 2 290  424  890  698  508 1
Psychiatric institution  806  131  531  157  127 0
Others 2 530  771 1 427  264  469 0
Unknown 6 1 4 0 3 0
1  The case may be reported by several parts. Hence, the sum total of who reported the case is larger than reports total.
2  The child are counted once for each municipality where investigation has started.

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