Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health and wellbeing 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024. doi:10.25816/5ebcc63bfa7e8
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health and wellbeing 2018. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/5ebcc63bfa7e8
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health and wellbeing 2018. AIHW, 2018. doi:10.25816/5ebcc63bfa7e8
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health and wellbeing 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2018. doi:10.25816/5ebcc63bfa7e8
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health and wellbeing 2018, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/5ebcc63bfa7e8
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health and wellbeing 2018 report provides comprehensive data on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people aged 10–24. Information on health and wellbeing outcomes, health determinants, risk factors, and health and welfare service use for Indigenous youth are included. Data are disaggregated by age group, sex, state and territory and remoteness areas, as well as trend information. The report also examines differences between young Indigenous and non-Indigenous people on key health and wellbeing measures.
In 2014–15, just over 3 in 4 (76%) of Indigenous people aged 15–24 were happy all or most of the time
Most Indigenous people aged 10–24 were connected to their culture
67% of Indigenous people aged 15–24 experienced low to moderate levels of psychological distress
In 2011, the leading contributor for burden of disease for Indigenous people aged 10–24 was suicide (13%)
5 Dec 2019 - The figure 4.3.1 on page 58 of this report has been corrected. The figure has been changed from ‘Indigenous people aged 15–24 who did not use illicit substances in the previous 12 months, by state and territory, 2014–15’ to ‘Indigenous people aged 15–24 who used illicit substances in the previous 12 months, by state and territory, 2014–15’.
