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released: 30 Aug 2001

This report is jointly published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the AIHW every two years. The 2001 edition provides information on issues that impact upon the health and welfare of Australia's Indigenous peoples. Data from the five-yearly national Census of Population and Housing, national surveys and those collected by health and welfare service providers, as part of their routine administrative practices, are used in the report.

ISSN 1441 2004; Cat. no. IHW 6; 212pp.; OUT OF PRINT

  • Publication

The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2001

Full publication (2.62MB PDF)

  • Preliminary material (114KPDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables and figures
    • Preface
    • Summary (separate 74KPDF)
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (673KPDF)
      • Aim
      • Scope
      • Data quality
      • The definition of health and welfare
      • Social and economic context
      • Demographic context
    2. Housing and Infrastructure (138KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Characteristics of Indigenous households
      • Infrastructure in Indigenous communities
      • Summary
    3. Community services (100KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Housing assistance
      • Child care
      • Child protection
      • Adoption
      • Disability services
      • Aged care
      • Summary
    4. Health services: provision, access and use (140KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Provision of health services
      • Access to health services
      • The current and future Indigenous health workforce
      • Use of health services
      • Summary
    5. Mothers and babies (373KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Mothers
      • Babies
      • Perinatal mortality
      • Summary
    6. Ill health (191KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors for ill health
      • Mental health
      • Hospitalisation
      • Kidney disease
      • Notifiable communicable diseases
      • Cancer
      • Dental health
      • Summary
    7. Diabetes (137KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Prevalence of diabetes
      • Risk factors for diabetes
      • Data availability and data quality
      • Summary
    8. Mortality (121KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Deaths 1997 - 99
      • Causes of death
      • Life expectancy
      • Summary
    9. Quality and availability of Indigenous statistics (178KPDF)
      • Introduction
      • Identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
      • Estimating the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population
      • Quality and availability of data from Censuses and surveys
      • Quality and availability of administrative data
      • Recent national strategic initiatives and future plans
      • Performance information
      • Summary
  • End matter

Recommended citation

ABS & AIHW 2001. The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2001. Cat. no. IHW 6. Canberra: AIHW.