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Northern Ireland Facts and Statistics
Children in public care
2,510 children were in the care of local authorities on March 31, 2004
1,094 children started to be looked after during the year ending March 31, 2004
Gender
52% (1,314) of children looked after on March 31, 2004 were boys and 48% (1,196) were girls
Age
3% of children (75) looked after on March 31, 2004 were under 1 year old
14.6% (366) were aged between 1 and 4 years old
35.1% (881) were aged between 5 and 11 years old
30.9% (775) were aged between 12 and 15 years old
16.5% (413) were aged 16 and over
Adoption
103 looked after children were adopted in the year March 31, 2000
174 children were adopted during 2002 (includes step-parent, relative and overseas adoptions)
Source: BAAF - www.baaf.co.uk
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