Introduction
In this section
Introduction
Demography
- New South Wales
- 2010 population distribution by Indigenous status and Area Health Service
- 2010 estimated residential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population by Area Health Service (table)
- 2010 population distribution by Indigenous status, sex and age group
- Aboriginal population by Local Government Area
- Hunter New England
- 2010 estimated residential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population and projected population in 2011
- 2010 population distribution by Indigenous status, sex and age group
- Hunter New England - Clusters
- 2010 estimated residential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population by cluster (table)
- 2010 cluster population distribution by Aboriginal status (graph)
- 2010 HNE population distribution by Aboriginal status and cluster (graph)
- Individual clusters
- 2010 estimated residential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population and projected population in 2011 by age and sex (numbers)
- 2010 estimated residential population distribution by Indigenous status, age and sex (percentage)
Median age of the population, 2006
Social determinants
Health related behaviours
Pregnancy and the newborn period
Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Oral health
Injury & poisoning
Introduction
This section give a snap shot of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population that live in the areas of Hunter and New England, NSW. The section provides maps, cluster data, demographics, and information on morbidity and mortality rates. Data variables are shown, where possible between the clusters, with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples, and across NSW.;
The relatively poor health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been well documented across Australia (AIHW 2006).
Indigenous status is substantially under-reported in death and hospital morbidity data in New South Wales, making interpretation of these data difficult.
In 1996-97, a change in coding practice for Indigenous status in NSW hospital morbidity data resulted in a disproportionately large number of hospital separations being attributed to Indigenous people.
Even data about the number of Indigenous people in the population (which are used to calculate rates) must be treated with caution. Estimates of the Indigenous population have risen markedly in successive Censi, with increasing participation by Indigenous people, and increasing willingness to self-identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. Estimates of the prevalence of health conditions and behaviours among Aboriginal people derived from the available sources of health survey data vary quite markedly. This reflects differences in sampling methods, modes of administration, and in the increasing propensity of Aboriginal people to self-identify and to participate in surveys.
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NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Two ways together report on indicators 2007. Sydney: Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 2007.
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NSW Department of Health Working Party on Ear Disease in Aboriginal Children. Guidelines on the prevention and control of otitis media and its sequelae in Aboriginal children. Med J Aust 1996; 164: S1-S17.
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NSW Health. NSW Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Strategy. Evaluation final report 2005. Sydney: NSW Health, 2006.
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Vos T, Barker B, Stanley L, Lopez A. The burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2003. Brisbane: University of Queensland, 2007.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of Death, Australia 2006. Catalogue no. 3303.0. Canberra: ABS, 2008. Available at www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/2093DA6935DB138FCA2568A9001393C9
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. Information paper: Census data enhancement - Indigenous mortality quality study. ABS Cat. No. 4723.0. Canberra: ABS, 2008. Available at www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4723.0
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Statistical Information Management Committee. Out-of-session Agenda item paper number 4/2007. Canberra: AIHW, 2007.
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- The information presented in this resource result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused data sets. These data sets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this resource. As this resource is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all data sets to Hunter New England Population Health.
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- Assistance from NSW Department of Health: This resource is modified from work undertaken for the production of the electronic and hard copy versions of the report Health of the people of NSW Report of the Chief Health Officer, (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/) by the Centre for Epidemiology and Research of the NSW Department of Health. This work includes research and definition of indicators, programming framework, statistical programs, text and programming infrastructure for web publishing. Hunter New England Population Health has produced a local version of the report reflecting local concerns, where appropriate, and ensuring that only minimal changes were made in other parts of the text and presentation in the interest of consistency at a state level.
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health and modified from the electronic report Health of the people of NSW Report of the Chief Health Officer, (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/
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- 4 June 2010
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