Indicator detail (AIHW)

Indicator Id:	73
Description:	Infant mortality rate
Indicator Source:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework AIHW (National indicators for children and youth publications) Indicators of Australia's Welfare Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage (Review of Government Service Provision) WHO Core Health Indicators
Data Available:	Yes
Data Source(s):	National Mortality Database National Perinatal Data Collection
Where Reported:	AIHW: Australia's Health, AIHW:A picture of Australia's children 2009, ABS Deaths cat no 3302; AIHW: Mortality over the 20th century; AIHW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2006 report: detailed analyses; AIHW: Australia's Welfare 2007
Data Issues:	No data
Numerator:	Number of deaths of those aged less than 1 year
Denominator:	Number of live births for that year
Suggested Reporting Categories:	No data
AIHW Comments:	ATSI HPF Indicator no. 1.18. ;National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2011
Link to NHA indicator specifications:	http://www.aihw.gov.au/...
Link(s):	AIHW: A picture of Australia's children, 2009 AIHW: Mortality over the 20th century, publication WHO Core Health Indicators SCRGSP: Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005, publication AIHW: Mortality over the 20th century publication AIHW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2006 report: detailed analyses AIHW: Australia's Welfare 2007 AIHW: Australia's Health 2010

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