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The number of consultations ( ) child protection centers across the country ( ) a record high 37,343 ( ) fiscal 2006, 34 times higher than in 1990 when the first survey ( ), according to a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry survey. The number of child abuse consultations in fiscal 2006 increased 8 percent from the previous year.

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Kyoto Prefecture saw ( ) spike, with a 172 percent increase from fiscal 2005. The distribution of child welfare commissioners, ( ) child abuse cases and support children and parents, ( )to vary widely ( ) prefectures. In the prefecture with the highest population to commissioner ratio, the level was ( ) than that of the prefecture with the lowest ratio.

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