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National Healthcare Agreement: PB b-Better health: halve the mortality gap for Indigenous children under five by 2018, 2013

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Definition

Difference in the mortality rate between Indigenous children aged 0–4 years and non-Indigenous children aged 0–4 years.

Indicator Summary

Numerator
Number of deaths among children aged 0–4 years
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Denominator
Population aged 0–4 years
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Computation
Presented as number of deaths per 100,000 population
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Disaggregation

2007, 2008, 2009 (resupplied for revision to ABS WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2010 (supplied for Indigenous status), 2011—Nationally, by Indigenous status.

Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable - NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT.

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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Description
Presented as number of deaths per 100,000 population
Numerators
Number of deaths among children aged 0–4 years
Denominators
Population aged 0–4 years
Disaggregation

2007, 2008, 2009 (resupplied for revision to ABS WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2010 (supplied for Indigenous status), 2011—Nationally, by Indigenous status.

Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable - NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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