Table 8 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2006

8	New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2006

Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

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

2006	10 362	1 401	1 563	3 465	3 621	312

Neglect	124	12	20	43	46	3
Physical abuse	311	41	46	107	107	10
Mental abuse	119	14	18	38	42	7
Sexual abuse/incest	59	1	6	20	32	0
Parents's mental suffering	845	188	163	302	183	9
Parents's drug excess	631	174	90	223	139	5
Parents's inhability of care	764	195	125	226	204	14
Parents dead	63	6	6	19	28	4
The child disabled	100	10	11	35	42	2
The child's drug excess	184	2	0	2	141	39
The child's behavioural problems	1 542	14	62	341	1 066	59
The conditions in the home	4 550	625	754	1 685	1 389	97
Other reason	1 656	183	270	579	557	67
Unknown reason	1 921	272	310	631	648	60

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.