During 1985, the Register received 17,232 reports of children missing from New York State. Of these, 30.1 percent were from New York City; 28.4 percent from suburban New York City; and 41.5 percent from the rest of the State. Only 1 percent of the cases involved children aged 5 or under. Youths aged 6 to 12 accounted for 14 percent of the reported cases, and youths 13 to 15 years old made up 85 percent of the cases. More than half of the cases (55.3 percent) involved females, and 69.2 percent involved white children. Statewide, 99.2 percent of the missing children cases reported during 1985 had been cancelled by May 6, 1986. A total of 1,198 active missing children cases were on the register at the end of 1985. One third (33.7 percent) of these had been in active status for more than 6 months, and 12.7 percent had been on the register for more than a year. Figures and appended data tables, forms, and text of a State law.