9 December 2022
The December 2022 RIFIC website update includes the release of a help page, a new Topic, Regional Overview Dashboard enhancements, and updates to a range of data sources.
Help page
The Help page is an addition found under Resources, created to assist you in using the RIFIC website. On the help page are how to videos, a user guide, frequently asked questions, and some more detail about the RIFIC data journey.
New Health Services Topic
A new Health Services Topic has been added where you will be able to find national, and state and territory level data, on access to services, cultural safety, potentially preventable hospitalisations, antenatal care and Indigenous-specific health checks and primary care.
Regional Overview Dashboard enhancements
Additional region types have been added to the Regional Overview Dashboard . The region types added to the dashboard are Indigenous Locations (ILOC) and Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4).
Data updates
The table below outlines the data sources that have been updated for the December release. Relevant Topics/Life stages and affected supplementary tables are also indicated.
Note, old versions of supplementary tables are still available under archived content on the Access data page.
Data sources updated for Topics and Life stages, 9 December 2022
Data source |
Last time period reported |
Number of tables updated |
Topics and/or Life stages updated |
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National Schools Statistics Collection |
2019 |
4 |
Education and work |
National Student Attendance Data Collection |
2019 |
4 |
Education and work; Children |
National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) |
2018 and 2019 |
3 |
Education and work; Children |
Department of Social Services Payment Demographic data |
June 2018 |
1 |
Education and work |
Medicare Benefits Schedule data |
2018–19 |
1 |
Health services |
AIHW Burden of Disease databases |
2011 |
1 |
Health conditions |
National Rheumatic Heart Disease Data Collection |
2019 |
2 |
Health conditions |
National Mortality Database |
2014–2018 |
10 |
Life expectancy and mortality |
ABS Deaths Registrations collection |
2019 |
2 |
Life expectancy and mortality |
ABS Causes of Death collection |
2015–2019 |
2 |
Life expectancy and mortality |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
2018–19 |
2 |
Life expectancy and mortality |
Specialist Homelessness Collection |
2019–20 |
1 |
Housing circumstances and health |
National Perinatal Data Collection |
2017 and 2018 |
18 |
Mothers and babies; Adolescents and youth |
Australian Early Development Census |
2018 |
3 |
Children |
Data tables updated for Topics and Life stages, 9 December 2022
Topic/Life stage |
Table/s |
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Education and work (EW) |
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Health conditions (HC) |
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Table HH 14: Indigenous Australian clients who were homeless and sought assistance from Specialist Homelessness Services, by main reason for seeking assistance, by sex, 2020–21 |
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Health services (HS)
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Table HS 1: Indigenous Australians who had an Indigenous-specific health check, by remoteness and state and territory, 2020–21
(previously named 'Table HR 16: Indigenous Australians who had an Indigenous-specific health check, by remoteness and state and territory, 2020–21') |
Mothers and babies (MB) |
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Children (CH) |
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Table AY 2: Indigenous women who gave birth, by maternal age, 2020 |