Health check – aged 15 and over (PI03)

This indicator is the proportion of First Nations regular clients aged 15 and over who had an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Health Assessment (health check) within the previous 24 months.

It is presented here for males and females in age groups:

  • 15–24
  • 25–34
  • 35–44
  • 45–54
  • 55–64
  • 65 and over.

There have been changes to the specifications of this indicator over time. For more information see Interpreting nKPI data.

Ages 0–14 are also collected for PI03, with data presented under the Maternal and child health domain.

Why health checks are important

Through Medicare, First Nations people can receive an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Health Assessment from their doctor, as well as referrals for follow-up services. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Health Assessment was introduced in recognition that First Nations people, as a group, experience some particular health risks. The aim of the health check is to encourage early detection and treatment of common conditions that cause ill health and early death – for example, diabetes and heart disease.

At June 2025, 53% of (or around 137,000) First Nations regular clients aged 15 and over had a health check within the previous 24 months (Figure 24).

The data visualisation below (Figure 24) shows, for each collection period from June 2017 to June 2025, the proportion of First Nations regular clients aged 15 and over who had a health check within the previous 24 months. Select by either:

  • organisation type
  • remoteness
  • state/territory
  • age group/sex

to see data for that breakdown.

Data tables supporting this visualisation are available at Data.

Figure 24: Health check aged 15 and over by collection period

Overall, the proportion of First Nations regular clients aged 15 and over who had a health check within the previous 24 months generally increased between December 2022 and June 2025.

Overall, the proportion of First Nations regular clients aged 15 and over who had a health check within the previous 24 months generally increased between December 2022 and June 2025.

Notes

  1. In December 2020, specifications changed for this indicator and data from that point on cannot be compared with previous periods. For more information see Interpreting nKPI data.
  2. A break is included to separate out the periods most affected by voluntary reporting and the peak of COVID-19 and associated emergency response measures. This break, however, is not a clean break as each indicator in the nKPI collection has an assigned time frame (a reference period) as part of its specification. For this indicator, which has a reference period of 24 months, data in collection periods for December 2022 (covering 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022), June 2023 (covering 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023) and December 2023 (covering 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023) still overlap with the peak of COVID-19 and associated emergency response measures. For more information see Comparisons over time.
  3. The linear trend lines provide a general impression of the direction of the data. Caution should be taken interpreting trends with less than 5 data points. See also Figure 20 for trends for selected data.
  4. For more information, including on interpreting changes over time, see Technical notes.
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