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Health conditions

Subtopic: Hospitalisations

Description



  • Number of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) for top 5 reasons among First Nations people.

  • Proportion of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) that were for the top 5 reasons among First Nations people.

  • Number of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) for top 5 reasons among First Nations males.

  • Proportion of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) that were for the top 5 reasons among First Nations males.

  • Number of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) for top 5 reasons among First Nations females.

  • Proportion of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) that were for the top 5 reasons among First Nations females.


Data source


The National Hospital Morbidity Database, 2017–18 to 2021–22


Data period



  • 2017–18 to 2021–22


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2016 Indigenous structure regions: Indigenous Regions (IREG).

  • ESRI dashboard is based on 2021 boundaries, so for selected regions map boundaries do not exactly match data boundaries. This includes:

    • IREGs: Cairns – Atherton; Townsville – Mackay; Alice Springs and Apatula

    • SA4s: Sydney – Blacktown; Sydney – Parramatta; Sydney - Outer South West; Sydney – South West and Sydney – Sutherland.




Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the number was less than 5 for confidentiality reasons. Consequential suppression has also been applied where required to prevent back-calculation.

  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.


Notes



  • Data are based on the usual residence of the patient – not on the location of the hospital.

  • Numbers are 5 year total for persons of all ages.

  • Hospitalisations with the care types “newborn with unqualified days only” (7.3), “organ procurement - posthumous” (9) or “hospital boarder” (10) were excluded from the analysis.

  • Hospitalisations were grouped into 20 categories based on principal diagnosis coded to the ICD-10-AM codes (in parenthesis)..

    1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)

    2. Neoplasms (C00–D48)

    3. Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)

    4. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89)

    5. Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99)

    6. Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)

    7. Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)

    8. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95)

    9. Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)

    10. Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)

    11. Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)

    12. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)

    13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)

    14. Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)

    15. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)

    16. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)

    17. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99)

    18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99, U060, U071, U075)

    19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)

    20. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99) (except dialysis)




Reference material


Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2019) Data quality statement: Admitted Patient Care 2017–18, AIHW website, accessed 20 November 2023.


MyHopsitals – About the data, Data quality statements – National Hospital Morbidity Database, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22, AIHW website, accessed 20 November 2023.

Description



  • Number of hospitalisations for selected chronic conditions (excluding dialysis) among First Nations people aged 1 and over.

  • Proportion of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) that were for selected chronic conditions among First Nations people aged 1 and over.

  • Number of hospitalisations for selected chronic conditions (excluding dialysis) among First Nations males aged 1 and over.

  • Proportion of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) that were for selected chronic conditions among First Nations males aged 1 and over.

  • Number of hospitalisations for selected chronic conditions (excluding dialysis) among First Nations females aged 1 and over.

  • Proportion of hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) that were for selected chronic conditions among First Nations females aged 1 and over.


Data source


The National Hospital Morbidity Database, 2017–18 to 2021–22


Data period



  • 2017–18 to 2021–22


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2016 Indigenous structure regions: Indigenous Regions (IREG)

  • ESRI dashboard is based on 2021 boundaries, so for selected regions map boundaries do not exactly match data boundaries. This includes:

    • IREGs: Cairns – Atherton; Townsville – Mackay; Alice Springs and Apatula

    • SA4s: Sydney – Blacktown; Sydney – Parramatta; Sydney - Outer South West; Sydney – South West and Sydney – Sutherland.




Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the number was less than 5 for confidentiality reasons. Consequential suppression has also been applied where required to prevent back-calculation.

  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.


Notes



  • Data are based on the usual residence of the patient – not on the location of the hospital.

  • Numbers are 5-year total.

  • Hospitalisations with the care types “newborn with unqualified days only” (7.3), “organ procurement - posthumous” (9) or “hospital boarder” (10) have been excluded from the analysis.

  • Selected chronic conditions and ICD-10-AM codes:

    • Asthma: principal diagnosis, J45-J46

    • Arthritis: principal diagnosis, M05-M06, M15-M19

    • Cancer: principal diagnosis, C00-C97, D45-D46, Z08; ICD-10 codes at the 4-character level D471, D473-D475, Z510-Z511, Z541-Z542; ICD-10 codes at the 5-character level Z4000, Z4001

    • Chronic kidney disease: principal diagnosis, E102, E112, E132, E142, I150, I151, N391, N392, D593, B520, E853, T824, T861, Z490, Z940, Z992, I12, I13, N11, N12, N14, N15, N16, N18, N19, N00-N08, N25-N28, Q60-Q63

    • COPD: principal diagnosis, J40-J44

    • Coronary heart disease: principal diagnosis, I20-I25

    • Dementia: principal diagnosis, F000-F002, F009, G300-G301, G308-G309, F010-F013, F018-F024, F028, F03, F051, F107, F137, F187; principal diagnosis, G31 combined with additional diagnosis having any of the ICD-10 codes listed for principal diagnosis

    • Diabetes: principal diagnosis, E10-E11, E13-E14

    • Dialysis: principal diagnosis, Z491-Z492

    • Mental health: principal diagnosis, F00-F99 excluding F525, F842, F985-F986, G300-G301, G308-G309, G470-G472, G478-G479, O993, R440-R443, R448, R450-R451, R454, R480, R481-R482, R488, Z004, Z032, Z046, Z093, Z133, Z502-Z503, Z543, Z619, Z631, Z638-Z639, Z658-Z659, Z714-Z715, Z760

    • Stroke: principal diagnosis, I60-I64




Reference material


Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2019) Data quality statement: Admitted Patient Care 2017–18, AIHW website, accessed 20 November 2023.


MyHopsitals – About the data, Data quality statements – National Hospital Morbidity Database, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22, AIHW website, accessed 20 November 2023.

Long-term health conditions

Description



  • Number of and proportion of First Nations people by number of long-term health conditions reported.

  • Number of and proportion of First Nations males by number of long-term health conditions reported.

  • Number of and proportion of First Nations females by number of long-term health conditions reported.


Long-term health conditions: one or more long-term health conditions, without a long-term health condition.


Data source


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: Local Government Areas (LGA), Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2021 Indigenous structure regions: Indigenous Locations (ILOC), Indigenous Areas (IARE), Indigenous Regions (IREG)


Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been suppressed if long-term health condition was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

  • Data have been suppressed if long-term health condition was not stated for 25%–50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


Notes



  • Count of long-term health condition data is derived from responses to the long-term health conditions question: ‘has the person been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions?’.

  • This was a new question for the 2021 ABS Census of Population and Housing.

  • Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.


Reference material


ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) (2022) Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], ABS website, accessed 12 May 2023.

Description



  • Number of and proportion of First Nations people by number of selected long-term health conditions reported.

  • Number of and proportion of First Nations males by number of selected long-term health conditions reported.

  • Number of and proportion of First Nations females by number of selected long-term health conditions reported.


Number of long-term health conditions: none, one, two, three or more.


Data source


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: Local Government Areas (LGA), Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2021 Indigenous structure regions: Indigenous Locations (ILOC), Indigenous Areas (IARE), Indigenous Regions (IREG)


Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been suppressed if long-term health condition was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

  • Data have been suppressed if long-term health condition was not stated for 25%–50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


Notes



  • Count of long-term health condition data is derived from responses to the long-term health conditions question: ‘has the person been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions?’. It only includes those who reported one of the selected long-term health conditions (arthritis; asthma; cancer; dementia; diabetes; heart disease; kidney disease; lung condition; mental health condition; stroke).

  • This was a new question for the 2021 ABS Census of Population and Housing.

  • Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.


Reference material


ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) (2022) Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], ABS website, accessed 12 May 2023.

Description



  • Number of and proportion of First Nations people reporting the long-term health condition by age group.


Age groups reported for:



  • Indigenous Regions (IREG), Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia are: 0–14, 15–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65 and over.

  • Indigenous Locations (ILOC), Indigenous Areas (IARE), Local Government Areas (LGA): 0–24, 25–49, 50 and over.


Data source


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: LGA, SA3, SA4, States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2021 Indigenous structure regions: ILOC, IARE, IREG


Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been suppressed if long-term health condition was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

  • Data have been suppressed if long-term health condition was not stated for 25%–50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


Notes



  • Type of long-term health condition(s) question: ‘has the person been told by a doctor or nurse that they have the specified long-term health conditions?’.


Reference material


ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) (2022) Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], ABS website, accessed 12 May 2023.