LIST OF FIGURES

 

Figure 1: Percentage of population under 18 years in EU27, by country (2007)

Figure 2: Number of children under 18, by gender and main cause of death (2006)

Figure 3: Number of non-Irish national children, by age (2002 and 2006)

Figure 4: Percentage of children under 18 living with lone parent (2006)

Figure 5: Percentage of children under 18 whose mothers have no formal education or primary education only, by county (2006)

Figure 6: Outcomes for separated children seeking asylum (2006)

Figure 7: Percentage of children who report that they find it easy to talk to their mother when something is really bothering them, by country (2006)

Figure 8: Percentage of children who report that they find it easy to talk to their father when something is really bothering them, by country (2006)

Figure 9: Percentage of children who report to have 3 or more friends of the same gender, by country (2006)

Figure 10: Percentage of children who report to have been bullied in school (in the past couple of months), by country (2006)

Figure 11: Main type of childcare arrangement for families (2005)

Figure 12: Percentage of national school-leavers not attending other school, by gender (2002-2006)

Figure 13: Mean scores of children aged 15, based on OECD-PISA Reading Literacy Scale, by OECD country (2006)

Figure 14: Mean scores of children aged 15 based on OECD-PISA Mathematics Literacy Scale, by OECD country (2006)

Figure 15: Mean scores of children aged 15 based on the OECD-PISA Combined Scientific Literacy Scale, by OECD country (2006)

Figure 16: Percentage of babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams (live and still births), by occupation of mother (2005)*

Figure 17: Percentage of babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams (live), by country (2004)*

Figure 18: Percentage of infants who are breastfed (either exclusively or combined) on discharge from hospital, by mothers' occupation (2005)*

Figure 19: Hospitalisation of children with a diagnosis of external cause of injury arising from a transport accident, by age (2007)

Figure 20: Number of children registered as having an intellectual disability (2003-2007)

Figure 21: Percentage of children registered as having an intellectual disability, by severity of disability (2007)

Figure 22: Percentage of reported cases that went to initial assessment for child welfare and protection concerns, by type of concern (2006)

Figure 23: Percentage of children who report that students at their school participate in making the school rules, by country (2006)

Figure 24: Percentage of children who report smoking cigarettes every day, by country (2006)

Figure 25: Percentage of children who report smoking cigarettes every week, by country (2006)

Figure 26: Percentage of children aged 15 who report to have been drunk at least once in the last 30 days, by country (2006)

Figure 27: Percentage of children aged 15 who report having taken cannabis at least once in their lifetime, by country (2006)

Figure 28: Number of births among girls aged 10-17 (2002-2006)

Figure 29: Percentage of children who report being physically active for at least 60 minutes per day on more than 2 days per week, by country (2006)

Figure 30: Percentage of children who report being physically active for at least 60 minutes per day on more than 4 days per week, by country (2006)

Figure 31: Percentage of children who report to eat breakfast on 5 or more days per week, by country (2006)

Figure 32: Public expenditure on education in Ireland and EU27 (1996-2005)

Figure 33: Percentage of children under 18 experiencing consistent poverty, by type of household (2006)

Figure 34: Percentage of children under 18 'at risk of poverty' in the EU25 (2006)

Figure 35: Households with children in need of social housing, by income band (2002)

Figure 36: Percentage of children who report feeling safe in area where they live, by country (2006)

Figure 37: Percentage of children who report that there are good places in their area to spend their free time, by country (2006)

Figure 38: Referrals to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, by age (2007)

Figure 39: Percentage of referrals to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, by type of offence (2007)

Figure 40: Percentage of mothers attending for antenatal care in the 1st trimester of pregnancy, by occupation of mother (2005)*

Figure 41: Percentage of mothers attending for antenatal care in the 1st trimester of pregnancy, by county of residence of mother (2005)

Figure 42: Percentage of relevant age group receiving 3rd dose of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines, by country (2006)

Figure 43: Percentage of relevant age group receiving 3rd dose of polio vaccine, by country (2006)

Figure 44: MMR1 vaccine uptake rate (2003-2007)

Figure 45: MMR1 vaccine uptake rate, by former Health Board Area (2002 and 2006)

Figure 46: Percentage of relevant age group receiving measles-containing vaccine, by country (2006)

Figure 47: Percentage of children in the care of the HSE, by length of stay (2006)

Figure 48: Number of admissions to psychiatric hospitals among children (2002-2006)