Interpretation
A low or decreasing rate of family violence hospitalisations is desirable. However, an increase in the rate may indicate an increase in the reporting and/or recording of a perpetrator to hospital staff.
Baseline: 2022–23.
Indicator: Increase in the number of children who are safe.
Long-term outcome: National Agreement on Closing the Gap Outcome 13: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe.
Data source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Source: DSS 2023, 2024.
For information about how this measure is derived, please refer to the Technical specifications for National Plan Outcomes.
Hospitalisations data reported in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people topic use a different method and are not comparable to data reported for the National Plan Outcomes measure or Closing the Gap. See Box 2 in Health services for more information.
Additional National Plan Outcomes data are available from the Data downloads page.
