National use of follow-ups
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Notes
- This section reflects the number and proportion of health check patients who received a First Nations follow-up service in the 12 months following their health check, by the year that their health check was delivered.
- Some records from a small number of service providers have been excluded due to data quality concerns.
Latest data
Among health check patients in 2020–21:
- 109,000 people had a First Nations follow-up service in the 12 months following their health check(s).
- 46% of health check patients had a follow-up service within 12 months.
By sex
Among health check patients in 2020–21:
- 48% of females had a follow-up service within 12 months (60,700 patients with a follow-up).
- 44% of males had a follow-up service within 12 months (48,400 patients with a follow-up).
By age
Among health check patients in 2020–21:
- The proportion of people who had a follow-up service within 12 months generally increased with age.
- The age group with the highest proportion of people receiving a follow-up service within 12 months was ages 65–74, at 56% (7,400 patients with a follow-up).
- People aged 5–14 had the lowest proportion going on to have a follow-up service within 12 months, at 40% (18,000 patients with a follow-up).
By age and sex
Among health check patients in 2020–21:
- A higher proportion of females had a follow-up service within 12 months than males in all age groups, 15–24 and older.
- The largest difference was among 25–34-year-olds, where 47% of females received a follow-up service within 12 months, compared with 41% of males (8,800 females and 5,200 males).
Trends over time
Among health check patients from 2011–12 to 2020–21:
- There was a gradual increase in the proportion of health check patients going on to receive a follow-up service within 12 months from 2011–12 until 2018–19.
- 18% of 2011–12’s health check patients had a follow-up service (17,300 patients).
- 47% of 2018–19’s health check patients had a follow-up service (113,000 patients).
- From 2018–19 to 2020–21, the follow-up percentage was steady, falling less than 1 percentage-point from 46.8% to 46.1% (113,000 patients to 109,000 for respective years).
- Differences in follow-up percentages between the age groups and sexes were largely maintained throughout the time-series.
Figure 19: Use of First Nations follow-up services among health check patients, by age group, by sex, 2011–12 to 2020–21
A set of interactive graphs over 4 tabs. Refer to table FS03 in data tables. A long description is available below.
A set of interactive graphs over 4 tabs. The first is a column graph showing the proportion of health check patients who had a follow-up within 12 months of their health check, by sex, showing females had a higher follow-up percentage than males after their 2020–21 health check. The second is a column graph showing follow-up percentage, by sex and age group, where follow-up percentage among 2020–21's patients increased with age after an initial decline. The third is a line graph showing follow-up percentage by sex, trending up between 2011–12 and 2018–19, then plateauing to 2020–21. The fourth is a line graph showing follow-up percentage by age group, generally trending up between 2011–12 and 2018–19, then plateauing to 2020–21. Refer to table FS03 in data tables.