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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of young people who had contact with the youth justice system

From: Circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system: a data linkage study

 

Person-years of follow-up

Violence-related deaths (n = 36)

Other causes of death (n = 946)

Whole cohort (N = 48,670)

  

n (%)

n (%)

N (%)

Age at death (years)

  < 19

6886

9 (25)

185 (20)

1830 (4)

 19-24

95,500

11 (31)

323 (34)

13,975 (29)

  ≥ 25

521,436

16 (44)

438 (46)

32,865 (68)

Sex

 Male

474,803

28 (78)

805 (85)

36,773 (76)

 Female

149,021

8 (22)

141 (15)

11,897 (24)

Indigenous status

 Non-Indigenous

465,957

20 (56)

700 (74)

35,420 (73)

 Indigenous

157,866

16 (44)

246 (26)

13,250 (27)

Most serious youth justice contact1

 Charge without an order

359,903

19 (53)

447 (47)

28,250 (58)

 Order without detention

177,589

7 (19)

275 (29)

12,878 (26)

 Detention

86,332

10 (28)

224 (24)

7542 (16)

Relationship status at time of death

 Married or in a de facto relationship

2

11 (31)

199 (21)

2

 Not in a relationship

2

9 (25)

506 (53)

2

 Not reported

2

16 (44)

241 (25)

2

Employment status at time of death

 Employed

2

5 (14)

180 (19)

2

 Not employed

2

15 (42)

448 (47)

2

 Other3

2

5 (14)

80 (8)

2

 Not reported

2

11 (31)

238 (25)

2

  1. 1. At the end of the study period. 2. Only available for people who died during the study period. 3. Other includes: student, receiving social welfare payments, and home duties