INDIGENOUS IDENTIFIER, DEATH REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL CAUSE OF DEATH FORMS |
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| | Question wording |  | Possible responses |
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| Death notification form | |  | |
| New South Wales | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of mixed origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Victoria | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?
|  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes Torres Strait Islander origin
Both
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| Queensland | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| South Australia | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? |  | No
Yes, Australian Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Western Australia | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, cross both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Tasmania | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Islander origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Northern Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin? |  | No
Yes, Australian Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Australian Capital Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If both tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes Aboriginal origin
Yes Torres Strait Islander
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| Medical certificate cause of death form |  | |
| New South Wales | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origins, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Victoria | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Queensland | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| South Australia | Of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin
|  | No
Yes - Aboriginal
TSI
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| Western Australia | Aboriginal |  | Yes
No
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| Tasmania | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Northern Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? |  | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Australian Capital Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If both, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) |  | No
Yes Aboriginal origin
Yes Torres Strait Islander origin
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| Source: Information provided by state and territory Health Departments and Registrars-General. |