32.2 17.2

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[Illustration: Figure 5: 1 in 19 black females likely to go to prison]

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Figure 5

+1 in 19 black females compared with 1 in 118 white
females likely to go to prison+

Cumulative percent of females
going to prison

Age Total White Black Hispanic

13 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
18 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
19 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1
20 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
21 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3
22 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3
23 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5
24 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.5
25 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.6
26 0.5 0.2 1.4 0.6
27 0.5 0.3 1.7 0.7
28 0.6 0.3 1.8 0.8
29 0.7 0.4 2.1 0.9
30 0.8 0.4 2.3 1.1
31 0.9 0.4 2.7 1.1
32 1.0 0.5 3.0 1.2
33 1.1 0.5 3.3 1.3
34 1.1 0.6 3.5 1.4
35 1.2 0.6 3.7 1.5
36 1.3 0.6 4.0 1.6
37 1.3 0.7 4.2 1.7
38 1.4 0.7 4.4 1.7
39 1.4 0.7 4.6 1.8
40 1.5 0.8 4.7 1.8
41 1.5 0.8 4.9 1.9
42 1.6 0.8 4.9 1.9
43 1.6 0.8 5.1 1.9
44 1.6 0.8 5.2 1.9
45 1.6 0.8 5.3 1.9
46 1.7 0.8 5.4 2.0
47 1.7 0.8 5.4 2.1
48 1.7 0.8 5.4 2.1
49 1.7 0.8 5.5 2.1
50 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.1
51 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.1
52 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.1
53 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.2
54 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.2
55 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.2
56 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.2
57 1.7 0.9 5.5 2.2
58 1.7 0.9 5.6 2.2
59 1.7 0.9 5.6 2.2
60 1.7 0.9 5.6 2.2
61 1.