Table of contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Demographic information
  • Structure of this report
  • Interpreting the data in this report
  • Data improvement activities
  • Tier 1—Health status and outcomes
    • 1.01 Low birthweight
    • 1.02 Top reasons for hospitalisation
    • 1.03 Injury and poisoning
    • 1.04 Respiratory diseases
    • 1.05 Circulatory diseases
    • 1.06 Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
    • 1.07 High blood pressure
    • 1.08 Cancer
    • 1.09 Diabetes
    • 1.10 Kidney disease
    • 1.11 Oral health
    • 1.12 HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections
    • 1.13 Community functioning
    • 1.14 Disability
    • 1.15 Ear health
    • 1.16 Eye health
    • 1.17 Perceived health status
    • 1.18 Social and emotional wellbeing
    • 1.19 Life expectancy at birth
    • 1.20 Infant and child mortality
    • 1.21 Perinatal mortality
    • 1.22 All causes age-standardised death rates
    • 1.23 Leading causes of mortality
    • 1.24 Avoidable and preventable deaths
  • Tier 2—Determinants of health
    • 2.01 Housing
    • 2.02 Access to functional housing with utilities
    • 2.03 Environmental tobacco smoke
    • 2.04 Literacy and numeracy
    • 2.05 Education outcomes for young people
    • 2.06 Educational participation and attainment of adults
    • 2.07 Employment
    • 2.08 Income
    • 2.09 Index of disadvantage
    • 2.10 Community safety
    • 2.11 Contact with the criminal justice system
    • 2.12 Child protection
    • 2.13 Transport
    • 2.14 Indigenous people with access to their traditional lands
    • 2.15 Tobacco use
    • 2.16 Risky alcohol consumption
    • 2.17 Drug and other substance use, including inhalants
    • 2.18 Physical activity
    • 2.19 Dietary behaviour
    • 2.20 Breastfeeding practices
    • 2.21 Health behaviours during pregnancy
    • 2.22 Overweight and obesity
  • Tier 3—Health system performance
    • 3.01 Antenatal care
    • 3.02 Immunisation
    • 3.03 Health promotion
    • 3.04 Early detection and early treatment
    • 3.05 Chronic diseases management
    • 3.06 Access to hospital procedures
    • 3.07 Selected potentially preventable hospital admissions
    • 3.08 Cultural competency
    • 3.09 Discharge against medical advice
    • 3.10 Access to mental health services
    • 3.11 Access to alcohol and drug services
    • 3.12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the health workforce
    • 3.13 Competent governance
    • 3.14 Access to services compared with need
    • 3.15 Access to prescription medicines
    • 3.16 Access to after-hours primary health care
    • 3.17 Regular GP or health service
    • 3.18 Care planning for chronic diseases
    • 3.19 Accreditation
    • 3.20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people training for health-related disciplines
    • 3.21 Expenditure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health compared with need
    • 3.22 Recruitment and retention of staff
  • Appendix A: Data sources
  • Glossary
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Related publications