Figure 3.4 Age Breakdown of Children Over the Age of Majority

Figure 3.4 presents the breakdown of cases of children determined to be the age of majority or older. The majority of children were 18 (32 percent) or 19 (27.3 percent) years of age. Of the 5,813 children over the age of majority, 5,685 were in cases decided in 1998 through 2001. A total of 514 (9 percent) children over the age of majority were in 1998 cases; 1,969 children over the age of majority (34.6 percent) were in 1999 cases; 1,712 children over the age of majority (30.1 percent) were in cases decided in 2000; and 1490 children over the age of majority (26.2 percent) were in 2001 cases.