Table 9 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2002

9	New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2002 (New 28 October 2003)

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

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

2002	8 855	1 312	1 552	3 092	2 666	233

Neglect	129	29	28	40	27	5
Physical abuse	261	35	45	101	69	11
Mental abuse	118	7	22	37	49	3
Sexual abuse/incest	112	6	10	48	43	5
Parents's mental suffering	916	206	224	338	142	6
Parents's drug excess	645	195	131	201	115	3
Parents's inhability of care	803	217	146	245	179	16
Parents dead	56	3	2	31	17	3
The child disabled	124	11	20	50	40	3
The child's drug excess	167	-	-	2	141	24
The child's behavioural problems	1 364	11	65	336	892	60
The conditions in the home	3 972	623	843	1 510	943	53
Other reason	1 665	218	250	585	536	76
Unknown reason	1 155	134	197	426	359	39

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.