Table: summary (n) - NSW Commission for Children and Young People

Children and young people aged 0-17 years who were the subject of a report, NSW, 2001/2002 to 2005/2006 (number of children and young people)

		2001/2002	2002/2003	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006
Overall	Overall	84,965	90,558	94,552	102,349	109,568
Overall
Sex	Male	41,955	44,875	45,330	49,342	52,616
	Female	43,010	45,331	46,414	49,911	53,272

Age	<1 years	7,342	7,162	7,479	8,308	9,652
	1-4 years	20,470	21,153	21,304	23,052	24,783
	5-9 years	24,795	26,311	26,828	28,809	30,446
	10-14 years	22,846	25,293	26,057	28,944	30,682
	15-17 years	8,200	8,617	9,578	10,301	11,420

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status	Yes	7,093	7,597	n.a.	10,910	13,092
	No & unknown	77,872	82,961	n.a.	91,439	96,476

Notes: Information on Indigenous children and young persons was not available for 2003/2004. Increases in the number of reports may be due to changes in legislation, policies and practices. Legislation introduced in 2000/2001 expanded the categories of risk of harm and extended the number of professionals and agencies mandated to report. The increases could also indicate a better awareness of child protection concerns in the wider community and greater willingness to report problems to the Department of Community Services.

Sources: Client Information System Annual Statistical extract 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 Client Information System (CIS) and Key Information and Directory System (KIDS) Annual Statistical Extract, 2003/2004 and Key Information and Directory System (KIDS) 2004/2005, 2005/2006. Produced by Information Services, NSW Department of Community Services.

Comment

The numbers of children and young people who were the subject of a report increased every year over the period 2001/2002 to 2005/2006.