Table 1 Person years of observation (PYO) and selected causes of death in population of Victoria, Australia, and cohort of young offenders, 1988-99


No of deaths

Cause specific *

Age group (years)

PYO

All cause

Drug related

Non-intentional injury

Suicide

Offender cohort











Male:











<=14

71.7

1

0

1

0

15-19

4840.7

33

16

9

6

20-24

5282.5

52

24

9

16

>=25

518.8

2

0

1

0

Female:











<=14

7.0

0

0

0

0

15-19

311.7

7

4

1

1

20-24

275.5

1

0

1

0

>=25

25.0

0

0

0

0

Total

11 333.0

96

44 (46%)

22 (23%)

23 (24%)

Victorian population











Male:











<=14

670 718

146

1

48

14

15-19

1 667 791

1080

69

477

236

20-24

873 365

878

156

310

231

>=25

109 413

131

38

29

40

Female:











<=14

274 589

51

1

15

4

15-19

1 584 927

428

33

143

70

20-24

845 754

294

50

84

57

>=25

107 117

43

8

5

10

Total

2 812 387

3051

356 (12%)

1111 (36%)

662 (22%)

* Cause specific grouping of deaths are mutually exclusive. Other causes of death in offender cohort (making up the 100% of all cause mortality) were: non-medical—homicide (one male, one female), legal intervention (one male); medical—diseases of circulatory system (one male), infectious and parasitic diseases (one male), neoplasms (one male), ill defined conditions (one male).




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