Non-communicable disease mortality in young people with a history of contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective, population-based cohort study

• Main Authors: Lucas Calais-Ferreira, PhD (Author), Jesse T Young, PhD (Author), Kate Francis, MBiostat (Author), Melissa Willoughby, BA (Author), Lindsay Pearce, MPH (Author), Alan Clough, ProfPhD (Author), Matthew J Spittal, ProfPhD (Author), Alex Brown, ProfPhD (Author), Rohan Borschmann, PhD (Author), Susan M Sawyer, ProfPhD (Author), George C Patton, ProfPhD (Author), Stuart A Kinner, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Young people who have had contact with the criminal justice system are at increased risk of early death, especially from injuries. However, deaths due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this population remain poorly described. We aimed to estimate mortality due to NCDs in pe...