Table 1 Key figures national child welfare. Figures for 2003 and 2004

National child welfare and family counselling

1	Key figures national child welfare. Figures for 2003 and 2004¹

	2004							2003²

	Region North	Region Middle	Region West	Region South	Region East	Oslo	Trondheim	Region North	Region Middle	Region West	Region South	Region East	Oslo	Trondheim

Distribution of expenditures²
Gross operating expenditures per capita, child welfare	753	508	1 039	725	788	150	579	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gross operating expenditures, child welfare, per inhabitant 0-19 years	2 847	1 885	3 708	2 800	3 034	691	2 310	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, children in national supported foster homes	8.1	10.4	10.7	18.7	14.6	-15.7	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, children in children's institutions	76.8	70.6	75.8	66.3	71.7	16.8	83.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, assistance to children living at home	2.2	6.1	4.2	6.3	6.9	8.3	0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, child welfare services	13.0	12.9	9.3	8.7	6.8	90.6	6.6

Coverage
Number of children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service, per 1 000 inhabitant 0-19 years	2.7	2.0	4.0	3.2	3.7	5.2	4.1	2.1	3.0	3.6	2.8	3.6	6.5	.
Children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service per 31 December by man-year in the Child Welfare Service	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.5	2.6	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	1.4	.

Productivity²
Gross operating expenditures per child who receives assistance from the Child Welfare Service during the year	538 148	530 578	474 582	371 324	446 462	49 128	389 435	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gross operating expenditures per child in children's institutions during the year	670 301	816 614	826 346	565 499	697 903	17 762	877 430	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gross operating expenditures per child receiving assistance while living at home during the year	82 462	125 331	72 544	120 997	145 033	16 841	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gross operating expenditures per child in national supported foster homes during the year	178 720	195 429	173 041	186 684	197 946	-26 290	78 149	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

¹	Figures for 2004 are preliminary. Figures for Region Midt-Norge in 2003 includes Trondheim. Accounting figures for Oslo and Trondheim is not directly comparable with the regions. For further information about the figures please read About the statistics.
²	Figures for 2003 are not given. For further information about the figures please read About the statistics.

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