Table 3. Characteristics of releases and deaths among adults released from Queensland prisons 2000–2007, according to data source.

Characteristic	MARC data	Centrelink data
Number of releases	49018	45146
Age at release <25 (%)	15362 (31%)	14063 (31%)
Male (%)	43550 (89%)	40303 (89%)
Indigenous (%)	12737 (26%)	13420 (30%)
Deaths within 28 days	62	34
CMR (95% CI)	16.9 (13.2–21.7)	10.0 (7.1–13.9)
Age at death <25 (%)	15 (20%)	7 (21%)
Male (%)	58 (94%)	34 (100%)
Indigenous (%)	9 (15%)	4 (12%)
Deaths within 365 days	330	222
CMR (95% CI)	8.6 (7.7–9.5)	5.9 (5.2–6.7)
Age at death <25 (%)	57 (17%)	41 (18%)
Male (%)	308 (93%)	205 (92%)
Indigenous (%)	61 (19%)	52 (23%)