The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 
	
Year	14-16 year olds appearing in the youth court, per 10,000 population
1980	579.18
1981	573.43
1982	474.37
1983	453.09
1984	448.87
1985	458.76
1986	435.08
1987	455.80
1988	466.74
1989	403.23
1990	125.37
1991	136.56
1992	130.10
1993	140.00
1994	150.17
1995	163.75
1996	164.43
1997	169.82
1998	170.63
1999	175.67
2000	181.11
2001	177.47
2002	172.75
2003	175.73
2004	179.98
2005	176.60
2006	185.16
2007	187.59
2008	184.71

Source: Ministry of Justice

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