Statistics Norway

Child welfare

12 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and who reported the case. 2009
The case was reported by 1 Total2 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18- and unknown
Total 12 767 1 880 1 799 4 450 4 257  381
             
The child  200 2 4 12  142 40
Mother/father/superiors 2 469  354  412  884  769 50
Other family  307 32 53  126 87 9
Neigbours  179 24 33 83 37 2
Child welfare service 1 199  377  194  346  259 23
Social service  296 83 33  101 78 1
Emergency child protection center  710  106  111  214  257 22
Police  951  137  126  291  366 31
Kindergarten  475 52  256  161 6 0
Child health center/school health services  898  234  146  286  221 11
School 1 797 23 34  834  873 33
Educational/psychological service  179 4 10 82 80 3
Mental health care  627 82 62  236  228 19
Physician/hospital  604  195 88  180  133 8
Reception center for asylum seekers/UDI/immigration authorities  357 26 28 43  212 48
Women refugee house 48 12 8 22 6 0
Youth support team/youth centre 30 1 0 1 25 3
Non-governmental organizations/athletic clups, sports clubs 26 3 3 6 10 4
Other public body  481 83 67  173  148 10
Others  657  104  108  254  184 7
Unknown 1 126  115  134  384  405 88
1  The case may be reported by several parts. Hence, the sum total of who reported the case is larger than reports total.
2  Including children with unknown age.

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