Statistics Norway

Child welfare

10 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason of intervention. 2009
Reason for intervention1 Total2 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18- and unknown
2009 12 767 1 880 1 799 4 450 4 257  381
             
Neglect 87 24 18 27 15 3
Physical abuse  317 32 44  128  103 10
Mental abuse  149 10 24 57 52 6
Sexual abuse/incest 78 3 10 29 35 1
Parents' somatic illness  228 48 50 86 43 1
Parents' mental suffering 1 431  360  267  547  242 15
Parents' drug excess  906  273  152  294  173 14
Parents' inhability of care 1 044  301  133  318  270 22
Parents dead 78 10 12 24 28 4
Parents' crime 64 27 11 14 11 1
Domestic violence  649 86  137  283  134 9
The child is disabled  151 15 17 57 57 5
The childs psychological problems  446 3 6 88  315 34
The childs drug abuse  169 1 2 4  129 33
The childs behavioural problems 1 552 13 64  400 1 016 59
Domestic conditions 6 722  993 1 044 2 529 2 004  152
Other reason 2 590  292  327  833 1 020  118
Unknown reason 14 6 1 4 3 0
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.

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