Closing the Gap targets: key findings and implications

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACCHS

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

ACCO

Aboriginal community-controlled organisation

ACLD

Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset 

ACT

Australian Capital Territory 

AEDC

Australian Early Development Census

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMI

acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)

AQF

Australian Qualifications Framework 

ASAIR

age-standardised adult imprisonment rate

ASGS

Australian Statistical Geography Standard

ASR

age-standardised rate

ATAR

Australian Tertiary Admission Rank

ATSICPP

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle

ATSISPEP

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project

BMI

body mass index

CBDC 

centre-based day care

CDEP

Community Development Employment Projects

CDP

Community Development Program

Census

ABS Census of Population and Housing

CI

confidence interval

CIHD

chronic ischaemic heart disease 

CNOS

Canadian National Occupancy Standards

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COVID-19

coronavirus disease of 2019

CP NMDS

Child Protection National Minimum Data Set

CPS

child protection system

CtG

Closing the Gap

CVD

cardiovascular diseases 

EET 

employment, education or training

ERP

estimated resident population 

EYLF 

Early Years Learning Framework

FASD

fetal alcohol syndrome disorder

ICD-10

International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, tenth revision (ICD-10)

ICD-10-AM

International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, tenth revision (ICD-10), Australian Modification

ICH

Indigenous Community Housing

IHD

ischaemic heart disease (also known as coronary heart disease)

ILOC

Indigenous Location

IREG

Indigenous Region

IRSAD

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage

IRSD

Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

LDC

Long Day Care

LSAC

Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

LSIC

Longitudinal Survey of Indigenous Children

ME

marginal effects

NAPLAN

National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy

NATSIHS 

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey

NATSISS

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey

NCPDC

National Child Protection Data Collection

NECECC

National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection 

NEET 

not in employment, education or training

NMD

National Mortality Database

NPARIH

National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing

NPDC

National Perinatal Data Collection

NQS 

National Quality Standards

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

NTER

Northern Territory Emergency Response

OECD 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OOHC

out-of-home care

OR

odds ratio

PISA 

Programme for International Student Assessment 

PLIDA

Person Level Integrated Data Asset

pp

percentage point

Qld

Queensland

RSE

relative standard error

SA

South Australia

SA2

Statistical Area, level 2

SA3

Statistical Area, level 3

se

standard error

SEIFA

Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas 

SOMIH

state owned and managed Indigenous housing

Tas

Tasmania

UANP

Universal Access to Early Childhood Education and Care National Partnership Agreement

VET

Vocational, Education and Training

Vic

Victoria 

WA

Western Australia

WHO

World Health Organization

YBFS

Year Before Full-Time School

YJ NMDS

Youth Justice National Minimum Data Set

n.a.

not available, not applicable

n.p.

not published

. . (2 spaced full stops)

no data/insufficient data

— (em dash)

rounded to zero (for example, in a table showing whole numbers, the statistic is less than 0.5) including null cells

− (minus)

negative or minus values

%

per cent

n

number

< 

less than

> 

greater than

≤

less than or equal to

≥

greater than or equal to

$

Australian dollars, unless otherwise specified