Table 10 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2008

10 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 2008
Reason for intervention¹	Total²	Age

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

2008	11 760	1 752	1 663	4 042	4 004	299

Neglect	68	16	19	17	13	3
Physical abuse	215	15	25	86	83	6
Mental abuse	81	4	5	31	38	3
Sexual abuse/incest	72	1	6	37	25	3
Parents's somatic illness	140	24	20	71	25	0
Parents's mental suffering	995	249	187	373	179	7
Parents's drug excess	694	195	115	219	155	10
Parents's inhability of care	831	244	122	249	201	15
Parents dead	54	3	8	17	23	3
Parents criminality	51	14	12	17	8	0
Domestic violence	477	80	84	186	123	4
The child is disabled	135	10	20	42	59	4
The child's psychological problems	375	2	3	73	271	26
The child's drug abuse	170	1	1	3	129	36
The child's behavioural problems	1 739	17	62	428	1 176	56
The conditions in the home	5 920	879	951	2 215	1 791	84
Other reason	2 008	272	314	665	666	91
Unknown reason	235	44	28	85	70	8

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.