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		1997-98				1996-97
		Under 16	16 to 18	Over 18	Unknown age	Under 16	16 to 18	Over 18	Unknown age
	England Total	112	422	3,283	58	114	416	3,360	52
Q01	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA	*	10	99	—	*	11	89	—
Q02	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA	*	8	61	—	*	14	69	1
Q03	Essex HA	0	*	85	—	0	6	69	—
Q04	North West London HA	*	29	198	—	*	9	172	4
Q05	North Central London HA	*	14	129	—	*	16	130	2
Q06	North East London HA	*	22	187	2	10	28	228	—
Q07	South East London HA	7	22	151	2	8	28	158	1
Q08	South West London HA	6	12	79	—	*	19	107	—
Q09	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA	*	12	127	—	7	17	143	—
Q10	County Durham and Tees Valley HA	8	17	82	—	6	13	107	—
Q11	North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA	*	*	32	—	0	8	36	—
Q12	West Yorkshire HA	8	18	142	—	7	12	139	—
Q13	Cumbria and Lancashire HA	7	17	133	—	*	10	110	—
Q14	Greater Manchester HA	14	48	382	—	17	50	358	—
Q15	Cheshire and Merseyside HA	*	28	194	—	*	20	242	1
Q16	Thames Valley HA	*	8	87	—	*	15	68	—
Q17	Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA	*	9	50	—	*	*	41	—
Q18	Kent and Medway HA	*	6	61	—	0	*	56	—
Q19	Surrey and Sussex HA	*	11	105	1	*	9	122	—
Q20	Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA	*	9	84	—	*	14	109	—
Q21	South West Peninsula HA	*	14	62	—	0	10	52	—
Q22	Dorset and Somerset HA	*	*	32	—	*	6	33	—
Q23	South Yorkshire HA	*	9	82	—	*	7	72	—
Q24	Trent HA	6	13	106	—	*	18	126	—
Q25	Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA	*	9	74	—	0	8	60	—
Q26	Shropshire and Staffordshire HA	0	6	45	—	0	*	38	—
Q27	Birmingham and the Black Country HA	*	33	233	1	18	39	270	—
Q28	Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA	*	10	75	1	*	6	70	—
S	Scotland	0	0	*	—	0	0	*	—
U	England—Not Otherwise Specified	0	*	21	1	0	*	16	4
W	Wales	*	*	13	—	0	*	6	—
X	Foreign (Including Isle of Man and Channel Islands)	0	0	*	—	0	*	*	—
Y	Not Known	0	14	65	50	*	*	59	39
Z	Northern Ireland	0	*	*	—	0	0	0	—

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