8   New cases of children placed under protection, by age and reason for intervention. 1987-2000
Reason for intervention1 Total2 Age
-2 3-6 7-13 14-17 18-
1987 2 617 345 569 770 785 143
1988 2 699 396 590 806 766 136
1989 3 504 511 777 1 028 939 176
1990 3 809 608 877 1 188 954 177
1991 4 267 572 942 1 468 1 032 247
1992 9 942 1 351 2 439 3 513 2 161 478
1993 9 937 1 398 2 380 3 567 2 257 335
1994 8 214 1 187 2 063 2 818 1 911 235
1995 8 280 1 183 2 061 2 881 1 952 203
1996 7 871 1 253 1 915 2 679 1 826 198
1997 8 105 1 303 1 880 2 768 1 985 169
1998 7 981 1 246 1 778 2 870 1 877 210
1999 7 986 1 120 1 752 2 844 2 033 237
             
2000 8 583 1 187 1 864 2 989 2 267 276
             
Neglect 109 19 24 43 22 1
Physical abuse 168 16 29 56 61 6
Mental abuse 96 6 15 33 38 4
Sexual abuse/incest 99 1 18 46 31 3
Parents's mental suffering 828 181 214 309 118 6
Parents's drug excess 662 186 132 218 111 15
Parents's inhability of care 785 184 152 263 153 33
Parents dead 70 5 12 22 29 2
The child disabled 127 13 35 51 25 3
The child's drug excess 185 1 1 10 138 35
The child's behavioural problems 1 508 26 128 511 782 61
The conditions in the home 3 798 553 1 010 1 430 739 66
Other reason 1 577 174 361 525 447 70
Unknown reason 1 221 155 236 424 345 61
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.

Explanation of symbols