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Updates

Updates

15 December 2023

Website enhancements

The December 2023 RIFIC website update includes a number of enhancements and major structural changes. These changes include:

  • Regional overview: Updates to dashboard layout based on user feedback, including instructions for use and accordion widgets containing further information and tips. Additional topics (Health services and Chronic kidney disease) added. New feature added so previous data can be viewed as well as most recent.
  • Closing the Gap: New Closing the Gap dashboard added, to provide lower level data on Closing the Gap Targets and associated data.
  • Services map: New dashboard added with the locations of general practitioners; public hospitals; private hospitals and Indigenous Health Service locations.
  • Life stages: Progress is being made towards creating a Life stages dashboard. Previous Life Stages content has been removed.
  • Topics: Topics pages have been removed.
  • Access data: Access data page has been removed.

Further changes have also been made to pages under the Resources heading to ensure they align with the above changes.

Data updates

The following Regional overview topics contain data updates.

Regional overview topic

Data source

New data period

Previous data period

People and communities

Census of Population and Housing 2021

2021

2016

People and communities

Estimated Resident Population 2021

2021

2016

Education and work

Census of Population and Housing 2021

2021

2016

Pregnancy and birth

National Perinatal Data Collection

2019-2021

2016-2018

Health conditions

Census of Population and Housing 2021

2021

New data item

Health conditions

National Hospitals Morbidity Database (AUS, STE, SA4 and IREG only)

2017-18 to 2021-22

New data item

Life expectancy and mortality

National Mortality Database

2017-2021

2014-2017

Life expectancy and mortality

ABS Life tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (AUS and STE only)

2020-2022

2015-2017

Housing circumstances

Census of Population and Housing 2021

2021

2016

Health services use

Census of Population and Housing 2021

2021

New topic

Health services use

National Hospitals Morbidity Database

2017-18 to 2021-22

New topic

Health services use

National Health Workforce Dataset (AUS, STE and SA4 only)

2021

New topic

Health services use

Medicare Benefits Schedule

2021-22

New topic

Health services use

BreastScreen Australia (AUS and STE only)

2019-2020

New topic

Health services use

National Elective Surgery Wait Times Dataset (AUS and STE only)

2021-22

New topic

Health services use

National Non-Admitted Emergency Department Care Database (AUS and STE only)

2019-21

New topic

Chronic kidney disease

Census of Population and Housing 2021

2021

New topic

Chronic kidney disease

Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry

2021

New topic

Chronic kidney disease

National Hospitals Morbidity Database

2017-18 to 2021-22

New topic

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

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

(moved from Health risk factors topic)

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

Education and work (EW)

  • Table EW 2: Number of students enrolled in Australian schools, by year level and Indigenous status, 2021
  • Table EW 3: Number of students enrolled in Australian schools, by Indigenous status and school type, 2021
  • Table EW 4: Number of students enrolled in Australian schools, by Indigenous status, state and territory and broad school level, 2021
  • Table EW 5a: School attendance rate among Indigenous students, by state and territory and year level, 2021
  • Table EW 5b: School attendance rate, by Indigenous status, state and territory and year level, 2021
  • Table EW 5c: Time series for school attendance rate, by Indigenous status, state and territory and year level, 2014 to 2021
  • Table EW 6: Apparent Year 7/8 to Year 12 retention rates, by Indigenous status, 2011 to 2021
  • Table EW 7a: Reading achievement among Australian students over time, by Indigenous status and school year, 2008 to 2021
  • Table EW 7b: Numeracy achievement among Australian students over time, by Indigenous status and school year, 2008 to 2021
  • Table EW 23: Main income support payment received by Indigenous Australians, number and share in total recipients, June 2022

Health conditions (HC)

  • Table HC 1: Burden of disease among Australians, by Indigenous status, disease group and sex, 2018
  • Table HC 12a: Acute rheumatic fever diagnoses among Indigenous Australians, Qld, WA, SA and NT, by year of diagnosis, 2016–2020
  • Table HC 12b: New rheumatic heart disease diagnoses among Indigenous Australians, by year of diagnosis, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2016–2020

Life expectancy and mortality (LM)

  • Overview map: Indigenous deaths per 100,000 population (age-standardised, annual), 2015–2019
  • Table LM 3: Death rates, by age at death and Indigenous status, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2015–2019
  • Table LM 4: Summary of Indigenous deaths, by remoteness, Australia, 2021
  • Table LM 5: Death rates over time, Indigenous Australians, by remoteness, Australia, 2013–2021
  • Table LM 6: Leading causes of death, by sex and Indigenous status, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2015–2019
  • Table LM 7: Selected causes of death, by Indigenous status, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2008–2019
  • Table LM 8: Potentially avoidable deaths, Indigenous Australians, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2015–2019
  • Table LM 9: Potentially avoidable deaths per 100 premature deaths, Indigenous Australians aged 0–74, by sex, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2015–2019
  • Table LM 10: Potentially avoidable death rates, Indigenous Australians aged 0–74, by age at death, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2015–2019
  • Table LM 11: Potentially avoidable deaths, Indigenous Australians aged 0–74, by cause of death, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2015–2019
  • Table LM 12: Potentially avoidable death rates over time, Indigenous Australians aged 0–74, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2006–2019
  • Table LM 13a: Suicide deaths, Indigenous Australians, by age and sex, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2017–2021
  • Table LM 13b: Suicide deaths, Indigenous Australians, by state and territory, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2017–2021
  • Table LM 13c: Suicide deaths by Indigenous status and sex, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2001 to 2020
  • Table LM 14a: Intentional self-harm hospitalisations among Indigenous Australians, by age and sex, 2020–2021
  • Table LM 14b: Intentional self-harm hospitalisations among Indigenous Australians, 2008–09 to 2020–21

Housing circumstances and health (HH)

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

Health services (HS)



(moved from Health risk factors (HR) topic)

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)

  • Overview map: Indigenous babies born in 2020
  • Table MB 1a: Age of women who gave birth, by Indigenous status, 2020
  • Table MB 1b: Age of Indigenous women who gave birth, 2010–2020
  • Table MB 2a: Duration of pregnancy at first antenatal care visit, by Indigenous status, 2020
  • Table MB 2b: Number of antenatal care visits among women who gave birth, by Indigenous status, 2020
  • Table MB 3a: Women who attended antenatal care in the first trimester, by Indigenous status, 2012–2020
  • Table MB 3b: Women who attended 5 or more antenatal care visits during pregnancy, by Indigenous status, 2012–2020
  • Table MB 4: Indigenous women who gave birth by whether they smoked tobacco during pregnancy, 2011–2020
  • Table MB 5a: Women who reported smoking during pregnancy, by age group and Indigenous status, 2019
  • Table MB 5b: Women who reported smoking during pregnancy, by remoteness and Indigenous status, 2019
  • Table MB 6: Gestational age at birth, by Indigenous status of mothers and babies, 2020
  • Table MB 7: Indigenous mothers who delivered pre-term babies, by self-reported smoking status of mothers, 2019
  • Table MB 8a: Birthweight of liveborn babies, by Indigenous status of mothers and babies, 2020
  • Table MB 8b: Birthweight of live born babies, born by Indigenous mothers, 2020
  • Table MB 9: Indigenous mothers who gave birth to low birthweight babies, by self-reported smoking status of mothers, 2019
  • Table MB 10: Liveborn babies by Apgar score at 5 minutes, by Indigenous status of mothers and babies, 2020
  • Table MB 11: Perinatal mortality rates, by Indigenous status of mothers and babies, 2010–2020

Children (CH)

  • Table CH 11a: School readiness among children on track on all 5 domains of the AEDC, by Indigenous status and state and territory, 2018, 2021
  • Table CH 11b: School readiness among children, by domain indicator and Indigenous status, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021
  • Table CH 12: AEDC domains, by developmental categories and Indigenous status, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021
  • Table CH 13: School attendance rates among Indigenous students, by state and territory and year level, 2021
  • Table CH 14: Indigenous children who were at or above the national minimum standards for numeracy and literacy, by Year level and remoteness, 2021

Adolescents and youth (AY)

Table AY 2: Indigenous women who gave birth, by maternal age, 2020