The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011 is a summary publication of Indigenous health and welfare statistics prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Together with a series of articles available online from the AIHW Indigenous observatory and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, it provides a comprehensive statistical picture of Indigenous health and welfare. Topics covered in the publication include: demographic characteristics; determinants of health and welfare; health and functioning; mortality and life expectancy; health across the life stages; health care and other support services; and health and welfare expenditure.
ISBN 978 1 74249 148 6; Cat. no. IHW 42; 127pp.; $43
Publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary pages
- Title and verso title
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Key points
- Body content
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.1: COAG Closing the Gap targets for Indigenous disadvantage
- 1.2 Structure of this report
- Chapter 2 Demographic characteristics
- 2.1 Age structure
- 2.2 Geographical distribution
- 2.3 Household composition
- Chapter 3 Determinants of health and welfare
- 3.1 Socioeconomic factors
- 3.2 Housing and transport
- 3.3 Community capacity
- 3.4 Behavioural factors
- 3.5 Social and emotional wellbeing
- Chapter 4 Health and functioning
- 4.1 Community functioning
- 4.2 Disability
- 4.3 Health conditions
- Chapter 5 Mortality and life expectancy
- 5.1 Life expectancy
- 5.2 All-cause mortality
- 5.3 Leading causes of Indigenous mortality
- 5.4 Premature mortality due to chronic diseases
- 5.5 Trends in Indigenous mortality
- Chapter 6 Health across the life stages
- 6.1 Mothers and babies
- 6.2 Children
- 6.3 Young people
- 6.4 Older people
- Chapter 7 Health care and other support services
- 7.1 Preventive care
- 7.2 Primary and community health services
- 7.3 Hospital services
- 7.4 Indigenous participation in the medical workforce
- 7.5 Specialised services
- 7.6 Support and care services
- Chapter 8 Health and welfare expenditure
- 8.1 Indigenous health care expenditure
- 8.2 Welfare expenditure
- End matter
- References
- List of figures
- List of tables
Recommended citation
AIHW 2011. The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011. Cat. no. IHW 42. Canberra: AIHW.