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Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators

Details:

Title

Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators

Creator

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2003-11

Description

The OID report measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have been actively involved in the development and production of the report. Section 1.1 describes the origins of the report, and section 1.2 describes its key objectives. Section 1.3 provides contextual information on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Section 1.4 includes a brief historical narrative to help put the information in the report into context. Section 1.5 summarises some recent developments in government policy that have influenced the report and section 1.6 provides further information on the Steering Committee and the OID Working Group that advises it.

Notes

"These reports generally uses the term ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ to describe Australia’s first peoples and ‘non-Indigenous Australians’ to refer to Australians of other backgrounds, except where quoting other sources." Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this publication may contain images of deceased people.

Table of contents

Preliminaries -- Overview chapter -- Introduction -- The framework -- Key themes and interpretation -- COAG targets and headline indicators -- Governance, leadership and culture -- Early child development -- Education and training -- Healthy lives -- Economic participation -- Home environment -- Safe and supportive communities -- Outcomes for Torres Strait Islander people -- Measuring factors that improve outcomes -- Appendices.

Language

English

Subject

Aboriginal Australians -- Ecoomic conditions; Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions; Public welfare administration -- Australia; Aboriginal Australians -- Services for; Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage (Australia)

Publisher name

Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

Place of publication

Canberra (A.C.T.)

Format

5 volumes (various pagings) : charts, colour map ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf

ISBN

9781740375917 (Print); 9781740375900 (PDF)

ISSN

1448-9805 (Print); 2206-9704 (Online)

Use

Copyright

Copyright owner

Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267090

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445158

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445153; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445154; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445156; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445151

Page content

TABLE 6A.4.16 Table 6A.4.16 Unit NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas (e) ACT (e) NT Aust Incidence of low birthweight among live born singleton babies, by Indigenous status of infants, by remoteness 2012 (a), (b), (c) (d) 4.0 np 3.8 3.2 np 13.5 .. 3.6 1.8 np .. 2.4 3.2 np np .. 2.3 1.4 Non-Indigenous 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 .. 0.6 .. 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 np .. 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.6 1.3 .. 0.9 0.3 2.4 np 1.4 1.0 np np .. 1.8 0.7 np .. 1.7 1.2 np np .. 2.9 1.0 Total (g) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 .. 0.6 .. 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 np .. 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.7 1.2 .. 0.9 0.3 2.1 np 1.4 1.1 np np .. 1.9 0.7 np .. 1.5 1.7 np np .. 2.0 1.0 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Birthweight data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies residing in the ACT and Tasmania should be viewed with caution as they are based on small numbers of births. Indigenous status of the baby is included in the Perinatal NMDS from July 2012. Date of implementation varies across jurisdictions. Caution should be used when interpreting these numbers. Results based on very small numbers (fewer than 5 events) are not published. Outer regional Remote Very remote Major cities Inner regional Outer regional Remote Very remote Data relate to live births. Data exclude stillbirths; births less than 20 weeks gestation (where gestation is known); and multiple births. Births both less than 20 weeks gestation and less than 400 grams birthweight are not included in the National Perinatal Data Collection. Data are by place of usual residence of the mother. Table excludes non-residents, external territories and not stated State/Territory of residence. Totals for each State and Territory cannot be reconciled by individual jurisdictions as data are collected by place of birth but are published by place of residence. Inner regional Remote Very remote Major cities OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE 2016 ATTACHMENT TABLES PAGE 2 of TABLE 6A.4.16