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Youth justice in Australia 2019-20

The Indigenous supervision rate for young people aged 10–17 was 16 times the non-Indigenous supervision rate in 2019–20 On an average day in 2019–20, 5,323 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision Individual periods of supervision that were completed during 2019–20 lasted for a median of 123 days (about 4 months) Indigenous young people made up 50% of those aged 10–17 under youth justice supervision on an average day The number of young people under supervision on an average day fell by 4% between 2015–16 and 2019–20 Of young people under supervision on an average day, 84% were supervised in the community and 16% were in detention 68% of young people in detention were unsentenced—that is, awaiting the outcome of their legal matter or sentencing

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Fewer deaths among Australians with dementia during first 10 months of COVID-19 pandemic

The age-standardised death rate of Australians with dementia fell during the first 10 months of 2020, probably as a result of measures designed to prevent COVID-19 infections also limiting the spread of other infectious respiratory diseases.

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