Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report: detailed analyses

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• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2008 report: detailed analyses (4.9MB PDF)^1,2,3
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2008 report: detailed analyses (17.5MB RTF)³
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2008 report: detailed analyses (1MB RTF zipped)³

Publication tables of contents and part PDFs

• Preliminary material (191KB PDF)¹
  • Half title and verso pages
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Executive summary
• Body sections
  • Introduction (154KB PDF)
    • Demographic information
    • Structure of this report
    • Data sources and methodology
    • Data limitations
  • Health status and outcomes (Tier 1) (1.9MB PDF^{1, 3})
    • Part PDF files for tier 1
      • 1.01 Low birthweight infants
      • 1.02 Top reasons for hospitalisation
      • 1.03 Hospitalisation for injury and poisoning
      • 1.04 Hospitalisation for pneumonia
      • 1.05 Circulatory disease
      • 1.06 Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
      • 1.07 High blood pressure
      • 1.08 Diabetes
      • 1.09 End stage renal disease
      • 1.10 Decayed, missing, filled teeth
      • 1.11 HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and sexually transmissible infections
      • 1.12 Children's hearing loss
      • 1.13 Disability
      • 1.14 Community functioning
      • 1.15 Perceived health status¹
      • 1.16 Social and emotional wellbeing¹
      • 1.17 Life expectancy at birth^{1, 3}
      • 1.18 Median age at death¹
      • 1.19 Infant mortality
      • 1.20 Perinatal mortality
      • 1.21 Sudden infant death syndrome
      • 1.22 All causes age-standardised death rates
      • 1.23 Leading causes of mortality
      • 1.24 Maternal mortality
      • 1.25 Avoidable and preventable deaths
• Determinants of health (Tier 2) (1.7MB PDF)
  • Part PDF files for tier 2
    • 2.01 Access to functional housing with utilities
    • 2.02 Overcrowding in housing
    • 2.03 Environmental tobacco smoke
    • 2.04 Years 3, 5 and 7 literacy and numeracy
    • 2.05 Years 10 and 12 retention and attainment
    • 2.06 Educational participation and attainment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults
    • 2.07 Employment status including CDEP participation
    • 2.08 Income
    • 2.09 Housing tenure type
    • 2.10 Index of disadvantage
    • 2.11 Dependency ratio
    • 2.12 Single-parent families
    • 2.13 Community safety
    • 2.14 Contact with criminal justice system
    • 2.15 Child protection
    • 2.16 Transport
    • 2.17 Indigenous people with access to their traditional lands
    • 2.18 Tobacco use
    • 2.19 Tobacco smoking during pregnancy
    • 2.20 Risky and high-risk alcohol consumption
    • 2.21 Drug and other substance use including inhalants
    • 2.22 Level of physical activity
    • 2.23 Dietary behaviour
    • 2.24 Breastfeeding practices
    • 2.25 Unsafe sexual practices
    • 2.26 Prevalence of overweight and obesity
• Health system performance (Tier 3) (1.5MB PDF)
  • Part PDF files for tier 3
    • 3.01 Antenatal care
    • 3.02 Immunisation (child and adult)
    • 3.03 Early detection and early treatment
    • 3.04 Chronic disease management
    • 3.05 Differential access to key hospital procedures
    • 3.06 Ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions
    • 3.07 Health promotion
    • 3.08 Discharge against medical advice
    • 3.09 Access to mental health services
    • 3.10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the health workforce
    • 3.11 Competent Governance
    • 3.12 Access to services by types of service compared with need
    • 3.13 Access to prescription medicines
    • 3.14 Access to After-Hours Primary Health Care
    • 3.15 Regular GP or health service ²
    • 3.16 Care planning for clients with chronic diseases
    • 3.17 Accreditation
    • 3.18 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples training for health-related disciplines
    • 3.19 Expenditure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health compared with need
    • 3.20 Recruitment and retention of clinical management staff (including GPs)
• End matter (128KB PDF)
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: List of measures and data sources
      • Appendix 1 (continued): List of measures and data sources
      • Appendix 1 (continued): List of measures and data sources
  • List of abbreviations
  • List of symbols used in tables

Additional material

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework

The Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health has produced two policy reports (full report and summary report) based on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 detailed analyses report.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - 2008 Report (5.3MB PDF) [PDF of the full report]
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - 2008 Report Summary (1.8MB PDF) [PDF of the report summary]

Tier 1 Health status and outcomes tables 4

• New South Wales tables (256KB XLS)
• Victoria tables (213KB XLS)
• Queensland tables (381KB XLS)
• Western Australia tables (442KB XLS)
• South Australia tables (420KB XLS)
• Northern Territory tables (456KB XLS)

Tier 2 - Determinants of health tables 4

• New South Wales tables (256KB XLS)
• Victoria tables (225KB XLS)
• Queensland tables (276KB XLS)
• Western Australia tables (274KB XLS)
• South Australia tables (250KB XLS) ⁵
• Northern Territory tables (223KB XLS)

Tier 3 - Health system performance tables 4

• New South Wales tables (243KB XLS)
• Victoria tables (207KB XLS)
• Queensland tables (229KB XLS)
• Western Australia tables (239KB XLS)
• South Australia tables (248KB XLS) ⁵
• Northern Territory tables (250KB XLS)

Notes and corrections

The current version of the publication is presented above.

Previous versions that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

1. To align with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework Report 2008, published by the Department Health and Ageing, the order of the following indicators has been changed:
   • 1.15 Perceived health status (was 1.16)
   • 1.16 Social and emotional wellbeing (was 1.18)
   • 1.17 Life expectancy at birth (was 1.15)
   • 1.18 Median age at death (was 1.17)
   There is no change to the information presented in the report except that the table and figure numbers have been changed to reflect the changed numbering of the indicators. (23 March 2009)
   • Full publication (5MB PDF) (superseded 23 March 2009)
2. The word 'doctor' has been changed to 'doctor/GP outside of Aboriginal medical services (AMS's) and hospitals' or similar where appropriate, indicator 3.15. (20 April 2009)
   • Full publication (5MB PDF) (superseded 20 April 2009)
3. Indicator 1.17 Life expectancy at birth has been updated. (16 September 2009)
   • 1.17 Life expectancy at birth (319KB PDF)
   • Full publication (5.5MB PDF)
4. Supplementary tier tables added (4 November 2009)
5. South Australia supplementary tier tables added (27 November 2009)