CURRENT STATISTICS 

 

Consent/Refusal by Case

Response

 1990-1999 2000-2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

%age of cases
Consent 1692 581 119 56 57 56 2561 70.3
Refusal 438 130 34 12 17 15 646 17.7
Both Consent and Refusal 119 79 19 5 2 3 227 6.2
All deceased; no contact possible 55 26 2 2 5 0 90 2.5
No Find 88 19 3 4 3 4 121 3.3

Total

 1894 835 177 72 84 78 3645 100%

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Total Consents

Status of Sought-            After Party 

1990- 1999

 2000-2005

2006

2007 2008 2009

Total
Birth mother 843 286 46 26 14 18 1233
Birthfather 145 74 13 8 9 3 253
Adoptee 301 73 374 8 5 7 419
Sibling/Half-Sibling 337 122 34 9 19 23 544
Adoptive Parent 9 3 0 1 0 1 14
Other/Unknown 57 13 11 4 10 3 98

Total

 1692 581 119 56 45 56 2561

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Total Refusals

Status of Sought-       After Party

1990- 1999

 2000-2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total

Birth mother

 276 73 15 4 8 8 384
Birth father 85 22 9 6 5 3 130
Adoptee 24 10 1 1 1 2 39
Sibling/Half-Sibling 46 17 4 1 2 2 72
Adoptive Parent 2 2 0 0 0 0 4
Other/Unknown 5 6 5 1 0 0 17

Total

 448 130 34 13 16 15 646

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1 There may be more than one consent or refusal per case.