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• In the 1984 cohort, Indigenous juveniles were more likely than non-Indigenousjuveniles to be in contact with the SA juvenile justice system (figure 9.2.7).• Overall, Indigenous juveniles were 2.8 times more likely to be apprehended atleast once than non-Indigenous juveniles (44.1 per cent compared with15.8 per cent) (table 9A.2.11).• The proportion of Indigenous juveniles who were apprehended on two to fouroccasions in the 1984 cohort were 3.6 times as high as the proportion ofnon-Indigenous juveniles (16.7 per cent compared with 4.6 per cent)(figure 9.2.7).• The difference between the proportion of Indigenous and non-Indigenousjuveniles who were apprehended in the 1984 cohort increased as the number ofapprehensions increased (figure 9.2.7).9.3 Access to primary health careBox 9.3.1Key messages• In 2001-02, expenditure per Indigenous person on primary health care, includingthat paid through the Medicare Benefits Scheme, was less than half the expenditureper non-Indigenous person (table 9.3.1).• In 2004-05, the hospitalisation rate for Indigenous people with potentiallypreventable chronic conditions was 8.2 times the rate for non-Indigenous people,and the rate for potentially preventable acute conditions was 2.7 times the rate fornon-Indigenous people (tables 9.3.2 and 9.3.4). For Type 2 diabetes, theIndigenous hospitalisation rate was 6.5 times the rate for non-Indigenous people(table 9.3.3).• Hospitalisation rates for influenza decreased for both Indigenous andnon-Indigenous people between 2003-04 and 2004-05. However, the reduction wasgreater for non-Indigenous people (table 9.3.5).• Hospitalisation rates for Indigenous people for sexually transmitted infections werebetween 12.7 and 66.6 times the rates for non-Indigenous people (table 9.3.6).Indigenous people, like other Australians, experience a variety of physical andmental illnesses. Primary health care services (for example, doctors in privatepractice and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services)influence the health status of Indigenous people by detecting and treating illness andmanaging prevention programs associated with long term health conditions. Accessto primary health care can affect outcomes in a range of headline indicators andstrategic areas for action, including life expectancy, infant mortality, disability andFUNCTIONAL ANDRESILIENT FAMILIESAND COMMUNITIES