State and territory comparisons
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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.
Geographic information
This analysis is based on the postcode of the patient’s given mailing address. As a result, the data may not always reflect where the person actually lived – particularly for people who use PO boxes. This is likely to impact some areas more than others and will also have a generally greater impact on the accuracy of smaller geographic areas.
Latest data
Among health check patients in 2020–21:
- The Northern Territory had the highest proportion of health check patients going on to receive a follow-up within 12 months, at 58% (14,500 patients with a follow-up).
- The Australian Capital Territory had the lowest follow-up percentage, at 17% (256 patients with a follow-up).
Trends over time
Among health check patients from 2016–17 to 2020–21:
- All states and territories had a higher follow-up percentage for 2020–21 compared with 2016–17.
- Western Australia had the largest percentage-point increase in follow-up use, rising from 30% for 2016–17 to 47% for 2020–21 (7,900 patients to 12,700 for respective years).
- South Australia had the smallest percentage-point increase in follow-up use, changing from 41.7% for 2016–17 to 42.2% for 2020–21 (3,500 patients to 4,300 for respective years).
Figure 20: Use of First Nations follow-up services among health check patients, by state and territory, 2016–17 to 2020–21
A set of interactive graphs over 2 tabs. Refer to table FS04 in data tables. A long description is available below.
A set of interactive graphs over 2 tabs. The first is a bar graph showing the proportion of health check patients who had a follow-up within 12 months of their health check, by jurisdiction, showing the Northern Territory was the jurisdiction with the highest follow-up percentage for 2020–21's patients. The second is a line graph showing follow-up percentage between 2016–17 and 2020–21, varying by jurisdiction. Refer to table FS04 in data tables.