Table 10 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2007 (New table was published 22 September 2008)

10 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2007 (New table was published 22 September 2008)
Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

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

2007	11 731	1 618	1 680	4 088	4 000	345

Neglect	162	29	28	57	45	3
Physical abuse	182	21	25	61	72	3
Mental abuse	28	3	2	11	10	2
Sexual abuse/incest	51	4	5	18	24	0
Parents's somatic illness	24	6	5	7	6	0
Parents's mental suffering	454	110	95	154	89	6
Parents's drug excess	506	150	83	167	100	6
Parents's inhability of care	550	168	84	176	103	19
Parents dead	38	2	6	13	16	1
Parents criminality	16	3	3	4	4	2
Domestic violence	79	13	14	32	18	2
The child is disabled	177	14	17	76	67	3
The child's psychological problems	127	2	2	32	85	6
The child's drug abuse	155	2	3	3	115	32
The child's behavioural problems	1 692	9	61	415	1 130	77
The conditions in the home	5 566	761	899	2 115	1 674	117
Other reason	1 856	196	286	693	606	75
Unknown reason	1 314	214	181	458	420	41

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.