admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and type of supervision program, selected jurisdictions, 2017/2018
Table:
selected characteristics
total custody
total community supervision
total correctional services

number
percent of total
number
percent of total
number
percent of total

age

12 years
69
1
87
1
156
1

13 years
293
4
393
4
686
4

14 years
723
10
794
9
1,517
9

15 years
1,309
18
1,466
16
2,775
17

16 years
2,020
27
2,066
22
4,086
25

17 years
2,397
33
2,480
27
4,877
29

18 years and older
549
7
2,014
22
2,563
15

unknown age
1
0
3
0
4
0

sex

male
5,625
76
7,113
76
12,738
76

female
1,732
24
2,169
23
3,901
23

unknown sex
4
0
21
0
25
0

aboriginal identity

aboriginal
3,541
48
3,653
39
7,194
43

non-aboriginal
3,621
49
5,009
54
8,630
52

unknown
199
3
641
7
840
5

total-all jurisdictions
7,361
100
9,303
100
16,664
100

Provide the shortest accurate answer you can to the following question, based only on the table data. Enclose the answer in the list of the following JSON object {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}. If more than one item applies, separate items with commas. 'admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and type of supervision program, selected jurisdictions, 2017/2018' is the caption of the table. Based on the table, answer the question: What was the percentage of custody admissions made up by aboriginal youth in 2017/2018?

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