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Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Title

AATSIHS

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACARA

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AGIL

Australian Government Indigenous Programs & Policy Locations

AIATSIS

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

AEDC

Australian Early Development Census

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

ANZDATA Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry

ASCED

Australian Standard Classification of Education

ASGS

Australian Statistical Geography Standard

AUS

Australia

BMI

body mass index

Census

Census of Population and Housing

CCSS child care subsidy system
CNOS Canadian National Occupancy Standard
CP NMDS Child Protection National Minimum Dataset
DRF Death registration form
ERP Estimated Resident Population
IARE Indigenous Area
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision
ILOC Indigenous Location
IREG Indigenous Region
IRSD

Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage

GP

general practitioner

LGA

Local Government Area

MBS

Medicare Benefits Schedule

MCCD

medical certificate of cause of death

MoE

margin of error

NAPLAN

National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy

NATSIHS

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey

NATSISS

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey

NECECC National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection
NHMD National Hospitals Morbidity Database
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
NIAA National Indigenous Australians Agency
NILS National Indigenous Languages Survey
NMD National Mortality Database
NNTT National Native Title Tribunal
NPDC National Perinatal Data Collection

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

PC Productivity Commission

PES

Post Enumeration Survey

Qld

Queensland

RIFIC

Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities

RSE

relative standard error

SA

South Australia

SA2 Statistical Area Level 2
SA3 Statistical Area Level 3
SA4 Statistical Area Level 4
SSC

State Suburbs

STE

States and Territories

Tas

Tasmania

Vic

Victoria

WA

Western Australia

WHO

World Health Organization

YBFS

Year before full-time schooling