Numbers of follow-ups delivered
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Notes
- This section reflects follow-up activity by year of delivery, independently of health checks.
- Some records from a small number of service providers have been excluded due to data quality concerns.
Latest data
In 2021–22:
- 314,000 First Nations follow-up services were delivered to 143,000 patients – or 16% of the First Nations population.
By sex
In 2021–22:
- 181,000 follow-up services were delivered to 80,100 female patients – or 18% of the First Nations female population.
- 133,000 follow-up services were delivered to 62,800 male patients – or 14% of the First Nations male population.
By age
In 2021–22:
- Older age groups tended to have higher proportions of the population receiving follow-up services.
- People aged 75 and over had the highest proportion, with 37% receiving a follow-up service (5,000 patients).
- The lowest proportion of the population who received a follow-up service was among those aged 15–24, at 12% (19,600 patients).
- The youngest age group, 0–4-year-olds, had a slightly higher proportion of the population using follow-up services, at 14% (14,300 patients).
By age and sex
In 2021–22:
- More females had a follow-up service than males in all age groups, 15–24 and older.
- The largest difference was among 25–34-year-olds, where 11,800 females received a follow-up service, compared with 6,900 males (18% of the female population and 9.8% of the male population).
Trends over time
Between 2011–12 and 2021–22:
- The number of First Nations follow-up services delivered increased from 37,800 in 2011–12 to 388,000 in 2019–20 – or a factor of over 10.
- The number of follow-up services delivered then fell to 365,000 in 2020–21 and 314,000 in 2021–22.
- The number of patients who received a follow-up service followed a similar pattern, rising from 18,500 in 2011–12 to 164,000 in 2019–20, before falling to 143,000 by 2021–22.
Figure 17: Use of First Nations follow-up services, by age group, by sex, 2011–12 to 2021–22
A set of interactive graphs over 4 tabs. Refer to table FS01 in data tables. A long description is available below.
A set of interactive graphs over 4 tabs. The first is a column graph showing follow-up services by sex, showing more females than males used follow-up services in 2021–22. The second is a column graph showing follow-up services by age and sex, showing males received the majority of follow-up services only among those aged 0–14 in 2021–22. The third is a line graph showing the number of follow-up services used trending up between 2011–12 and 2019–20 for both sexes, then trending down to 2021–22. The fourth is a line graph showing the number of follow-up services used trended up between 2011–12 and 2019–20 for all age groups, varied between age groups in 2020–21, then trended down for all age groups in 2021–22. Refer to table FS01 in data tables.