DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT
2.1 Australian population profile, 2001 (figure)
2.2 Estimated resident Indigenous population, 2001 (table)
2.3 Cultural attachment, 2002 (graph)
2.4 Participation in community activities, 2002 (table)
2.5 Neighbourhood or community problems, 2002 (table)
2.6 Selected sources of support in time of crisis, 2002 (graph)
2.7 Educational attainment, 1994 and 2002 (table)
2.8 Computer and Internet use, 2002 (graph)
2.9 Labour force status, 1994 and 2002 (graph)
2.10 Labour force status, by remoteness, 1994 and 2002 (table)
2.11 Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) (box)
2.12 Equivalised gross household income (box)
2.13 Financial stress, 2002 (table)
2.14 Tenure and landlord type, 1994 and 2002 (table)
2.15 Access to transport, 2002 (table)
2.16 Rate of victimisation, Indigenous persons who had been incarcerated, 2002 (graph)
2.17 Imprisonment rates, 2004 (table)
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
3.1 Primary and secondary school full-time school enrolments, 1996-2004 (graph)
3.2 Apparent school retention rates, Indigenous full-time students, 1996-2004 (table)
3.3 Apparent school retention rates, Indigenous and non-Indigenous full-time students, 1996 and 2004 (table)
3.4 Year 3 and Year 5 students, proportion achieving literacy and numeracy benchmarks, 2002 (table)
3.5 Vocational education and training enrolments, 1997-2003 (table)
3.6 Indigenous higher education students, 1998-2003 (graph)
3.7 The National Child Nutrition Program (box)
3.8 Health characteristics of Indigenous persons by highest year of school completed, 2002 (table)
3.9 The links between education and health in Galiwinku (box)
HOUSING CIRCUMSTANCES
4.1 Tenure type, Indigenous households, 2002 (figure)
4.2 Indigenous households and persons by tenure type, 1994 and 2002 (table)
4.3 Indigenous households and persons by tenure type and state or territory, 2002 (table)
4.4 Indigenous households by tenure type and remoteness, 2002 (graph)
4.5 Major housing assistance programs and administrative data collections (box)
4.6 Indigenous households in major housing assistance programs, 2004 (table)
4.7 Indigenous households renting from state or territory housing authority, 2004 (table)
4.8 Indigenous households, tenure type by number of persons in household, 2002 (table)
4.9 Indigenous households paying rent or mortgages, 2002 (graph)
4.10 Indigenous households and Indigenous persons experiencing financial stress, 2002 (table)
4.11 Indigenous households and Indigenous persons in overcrowded conditions, 2001 (table)
4.12 Overcrowded Indigenous households, by state or territory, 2001 (table)
4.13 Functionality of basic facilities by tenure type, 2002 (table)
4.14 Dwelling condition by tenure type, 2002 (table)
4.15 Condition of permanent dwellings in discrete Indigenous communities, 2001 (table)
4.16 Connections to water, sewerage and electricity in discrete Indigenous communities, 2001 (table)
4.17 Itinerants Project, Darwin and Palmerston area (box)
4.18 Number of Indigenous persons who are homeless, 2001 (table)
4.19 Indigenous and non-Indigenous homelessness rate on Census night, 2001 (table)
4.20 Indigenous SAAP clients by state and territory, 2003-04 (table)
4.21 SAAP clients by Indigenous status, 2003-04 (table)
4.22 Main reason for seeking SAAP assistance, 2003-04 (table)
4.23 Type of housing before and after SAAP support, 2003-04 (table)
4.24 Source of income before and after SAAP support, 2003-04 (table)
4.25 Average number of Indigenous persons with unmet requests for immediate SAAP accommodation, 2003-04 (table)
DISABILITY AND AGEING
5.1 Disability status by sex by age, 2002 (table)
5.2 Disability status by remoteness, 2002 (table)
5.3 Disability type, 2002 (table)
5.4 Common and broader disability criteria, Indigenous people in non-remote areas, 2002 (table)
5.5 Disability type by disability status, non-remote areas, 2002 (table)
5.6 Age-specific rates of profound or severe core activity limitation, 2002 (graph)
5.7 Indigenous to non-Indigenous rate ratios for disability status, non-remote areas, 2002 (table)
5.8 Indigenous to non-Indigenous rate ratios for each disability type, non-remote areas, 2002 (table)
5.9 Indigenous to non-Indigenous rate ratios by disability type and disability status, non-remote areas, 2002 (table)
5.10 Disability type, Indigenous persons with fair/poor health, 2002 (table)
5.11 Highest year of school completed by disability status, 2002 (table)
5.12 Labour force status by disability status, 2002 (table)
5.13 Principal source of personal income by disability status, 2002 (table)
5.14 Household income quintiles by disability status, 2002 (graph)
5.15 Indicators of financial stress by disability status, 2002 (table)
5.16 Indigenous persons with a main caring responsibility by disability status, 2002 (table)
5.17 Persons who were removed from their natural family by disability status, 2002 (table)
5.18 Cultural attachment by disability status, 2002 (table)
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
6.1 Indigenous mothers, 2000-02 (table)
6.2 Age-specific birth rates, 2003 (graph)
6.3 Maternal age by Indigenous status of the mother, 2000-02 (graph)
6.4 Births, by maternal age and Indigenous status of the mother, 2000-02 (table)
6.5 Low birthweight Aboriginal babies, by maternal substance use during pregnancy, 2001-02 (table)
6.6 Birthweight of live-born babies, 2000-02 (table)
6.7 Perinatal mortality, 1998-2002 (table)
6.8 Duration of breastfeeding among Indigenous children, Western Australia, 2001-02 (table)
6.9 Dietary indicators among Indigenous children, Western Australia, 2001-02 (table)
6.10 Children fully vaccinated, coverage estimates at one and two years of age, 2003 (table)
6.11 Recurring infections among Indigenous children, Western Australia, 2001-02 (table)
6.12 Reasons for hospitalisation of infants, 2003-04 (table)
6.13 Reasons for hospitalisation of children aged 1-14 years, 2003-04 (table)
6.14 Causes of infant deaths, 1999-2003 (table)
6.15 Causes of death for children aged 1-14 years, 1999-2003 (table)
HEALTH STATUS
7.1 Self-assessed health status, 2002 (graph)
7.2 Persons with fair or poor self-assessed health, 2002 (graph)
7.3 Self-assessed health status, Indigenous persons, 1994 and 2002 (table)
7.4 Socio-economic characteristics, by fair/poor health, 2002 (table)
7.5 Labour force status, by fair/poor health, 2002 (table)
7.6 Family and cultural characteristics, by fair/poor health, 2002 (table)
7.7 Age-standardised prevalence of selected conditions, 2001 (table)
7.8 General practitioner consultations, 1998-99 to 2002-03 (table)
7.9 Identification of Indigenous people in hospital records (box)
7.10 Hospitalisations of Indigenous persons, 2003-04 (table)
7.11 Male rates of hospitalisation for diseases of the circulatory system, 2003-04 (graph)
7.12 Female rates of hospitalisation for diseases of the circulatory system, 2003-04 (graph)
7.13 Hospitalisations for diseases of the circulatory system, 2003-04 (table)
7.14 Male rates of hospitalisation for diabetes, 2003-04 (graph)
7.15 Female rates of hospitalisation rates for diabetes, 2003-04 (graph)
7.16 Hospitalisations with diabetes as an additional diagnosis, 2003-04 (table)
7.17 End-stage renal disease patients, 2003 (graph)
7.18 New dialysis patients, 1992-2003 (table)
7.19 End-stage renal disease patients, by treatment type, 1999-2003 (table)
7.20 Hospitalisations for chronic kidney disease and its sequelae, 2003-04 (table)
7.21 Male rates of hospitalisation for care involving dialysis, 2003-04 (graph)
7.22 Female rates of hospitalisation for care involving dialysis, 2003-04 (graph)
7.23 Incidence of cancer, 1997-2001 (table)
7.24 New cases of most common cancers reported for Indigenous persons, 1997-2001 (table)
7.25 Male rates of hospitalisation for cancer, 2003-04 (graph)
7.26 Female rates of hospitalisation for cancer, 2003-04 (graph)
7.27 Hospitalisations for injury and poisoning, 2003-04 (table)
7.28 Male rates of hospitalisation for injury and poisoning, 2003-04 (graph)
7.29 Female rates of hospitalisation for injury and poisoning, 2003-04 (graph)
7.30 Hospitalisations for external causes of injury and poisoning, 2002-03 (table)
7.31 Male rates of hospitalisation for diseases of the respiratory system, 2003-04 (graph)
7.32 Female rates of hospitalisation for diseases of the respiratory system, 2003-04 (graph)
7.33 Hospitalisations for diseases of the respiratory system, 2003-04 (table)
7.34 Notification of selected diseases, 2003 (table)
7.35 Male rates of hospitalisation for infectious and parasitic diseases, 2003-04 (graph)
7.36 Female rates of hospitalisation for infectious and parasitic diseases, 2003-04 (graph)
7.37 Hospitalisations for infectious and parasitic diseases, 2003-04 (table)
7.38 Mean number of decayed, missing and filled teeth, 2001 (table)
7.39 Hospitalisations for mental and behavioural disorders, 2003-04 (table)
HEALTH RISK FACTORS
8.1 Health risk factors by selected socioeconomic variables, 2002 (table)
8.2 Current daily smokers, 2002 (graph)
8.3 Summary of Australian alcohol guidelines for short-term and long-term patterns of drinking (box)
8.4 Chronic alcohol consumption, 2002 (table)
8.5 Illicit substance use, 2002 (graph)
8.6 Non-participation in sport or physical recreation activities, 2002 (graph)
8.7 Prevalence of health risk factors among young Aboriginal people in Western Australia (box)
8.8 Selected personal stressors, 2002 (graph)
8.9 Victims of physical or threatened violence, 2002 (graph)
8.10 Effects of forced separation on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal carers and their children (box)
8.11 Number of risk factors reported, 2002 (graph)
MORTALITY
9.1 Age distribution of male deaths, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.2 Age distribution of female deaths, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.3 Deaths of Indigenous persons, 1999-2003 (table)
9.4 Infant deaths, selected causes, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.5 Age-specific death rates, 1999-2003 (table)
9.6 Age specific death rates, persons aged 35-54 years by selected causes, 1999-2003 (table)
9.7 Indigenous deaths, main causes, 1999-2003 (table)
9.8 Main causes of excess Indigenous deaths, 1999-2003 (table)
9.9 Main causes of deaths, by Indigenous status, 1999-2003 (table)
9.10 Male death rates, circulatory diseases, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.11 Female death rates, circulatory diseases, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.12 Diabetes deaths as a proportions of total deaths, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.13 Male death rates, diabetes, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.14 Female death rates, diabetes, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.15 Male death rates, chronic kidney disease, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.16 Female death rates, chronic kidney disease, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.17 Male death rates, external causes of morbidity and mortality, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.18 Female death rates, external causes of morbidity and mortality, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.19 Male death rates, intentional self-harm, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.20 Female death rates, intentional self-harm, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.21 Male death rates, assault, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.22 Female death rates, assault, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.23 Male death rates, neoplasms, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.24 Female death rates, neoplasms, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.25 Male death rates, respiratory diseases, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.26 Female death rates, respiratory diseases, 1999-2003 (graph)
9.27 Deaths by number of causes reported, 1999-2003 (table)
9.28 Underlying causes of death, 1999-2003 (table)
9.29 Deaths due to external causes, by nature of injury, 1999-2003 (table)
9.30 Indigenous crude death rates, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, 1991-2002 (table)
9.31 Indigenous crude death rates, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, 1991-2002 (graph)
9.32 Indigenous infant mortality rates, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory,1991-2002 (table)
9.33 Quartiles of age at death for Indigenous people in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory,1999-2002 (graphs)
9.34 Indigenous crude death rates, circulatory diseases, Western Australia, 1991-96 (table)
9.35 Indigenous crude death rates, circulatory diseases, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, 1997-2002 (table)
9.36 Indigenous crude death rates, cause-specific mortality, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, 1991-2002 (table)
9.37 Mortality trends in New South Wales and Queensland (box)
HEALTH SERVICES, PROVISION, ACCESS AND USE
10.1 Expenditure on health goods and services, 2001-02 (table)
10.2 Health professionals per 100,000 persons, 2001 and 2002 (table)
10.3 Distance to nearest hospital and community health centre, 2001 (table)
10.4 Transport access, 2002 (table)
10.5 Main language spoken at home, 2002 (graph)
10.6 Communication with service providers, 2002 (table)
10.7 Employment in selected health-related occupations, 2001 (table)
10.8 Employment in selected welfare and community service-related occupations, 2001 (table)
10.9 Health and welfare-related courses, 2003 (table)
10.10 Australian Government-funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services, by Remoteness Areas, 2003-04 (graph)
10.11 Australian Government-funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services, selected health-related activities undertaken/facilitated, 2003-04 (graph)
10.12 Closed treatment episodes, 2003-04 (table)
10.13 Closed treatment episodes, selected principal drug of concern, 2003-04 (graph)
10.14 Use of Government-funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander substance-use services, 2003-04 (table)
10.15 Community mental health service contacts, 2002-03 (table)
10.16 Service contacts for which a specific principal diagnosis was reported, 2002-03 (graph)
10.17 Hospitalisations of Indigenous persons, by principal diagnosis, 2003-04 (table)
10.18 Age-specific hospitalisation rates, 2003-04 (graph)
10.19 Hospitalisations for potentially preventable chronic diseases, 2003-04 (table)
10.20 Hospitalisation rates for all conditions excluding dialysis and other potentially preventable chronic diseases, 2003-04 (graph)
10.21 Hospitalisations with a procedure recorded, Australian public hospitals, 2003-04 (table)
10.22 Hospitalisations with a procedure recorded, by principal diagnosis, 2003-04 (table)
10.23 Hospital procedures, Indigenous persons, 2003-04 (table)
COMMUNITY SERVICES
11.1 Children in Australian Government-supported child care, 2004 (table)
11.2 Children who were the subject of a child protection substantiation, 2003-04 (table)
11.3 Children under care and protection orders, 2004 (table)
11.4 Children in out-of-home care, by Indigenous status, 2004 (table)
11.5 The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (box)
11.6 Indigenous children in out-of-home care, 2004 (table)
11.7 Estimated average number of young people in juvenile corrective institutions, 1998-99 to 2002-03 (table)
11.8 Estimated average number of young people in juvenile corrective institutions, rate per 100,000 population, 1998-99 to 2002-03 (table)
11.9 Users of CSTDA-funded services, by services used, 2003-04 (table)
11.10 Users of CSTDA-funded services, by support needed, 2003-04 (table)
11.11 Users of CSTDA-funded services, primary disability group, 2003-04 (graph)
11.12 Users of CSTDA-funded services, by Indigenous status and age, 2003-04 (graph)
11.13 Users of CSTDA-funded services, presence of an informal carer, 2003-04 (graph)
11.14 Age profile of residential aged care admissions, 2003-04 (graph)
11.15 Residential aged care use, 2004 (table)
11.16 Age profile of Community Aged Care Package recipients, 2004 (graph)
11.17 Community Aged Care Package recipients, rate per 1,000 population, 2004 (table)
11.18 Age profile of Home and Community Care Program clients, 2003-04 (graph)
11.19 Home and Community Care Program clients, rate per 1,000 population, 2003-04 (table)
11.20 Indigenous identification in community services collections (box)
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
12.1 Experimental Indigenous estimated resident population, by state and territory, 2001 (table)
12.2 Experimental Indigenous estimated resident population, by age, 2001 (table)
12.3 Characteristics of parents, 2001-03 (table)
12.4 Indigenous status of parents, 2001-03 (graph)
12.5 Torres Strait Islander registered births, 2001-03 (table)
12.6 Indigenous deaths by sex, 1999-2003 (table)
12.7 Underlying causes of death - 1999-2003 (table)
12.8 Main language spoken at home and difficulty communicating with service providers, 2002 (table)
12.9 Highest year of school completed, 2002 (table)
12.10 Highest non-school qualification, 2002 (table)
12.11 Labour force characteristics, 2002 (table)
12.12 Selected household characteristics, 2002 (table)
12.13 Access to communication and information technology, 2002 (table)
12.14 The Island Watch (Lagaw Asmer) Project (box)
12.15 Cultural attachment, 2002 (table)
12.16 Selected social characteristics, 2002 (table)
12.17 Selected personal stressors, 2002 (graph)
12.18 Selected neighbourhood problems, 2002 (table)
12.19 Selected health and wellbeing indicators, 2002 (table)
12.20 Selected risk factors, 2002 (table)
12.21 Hospitalisations, by age and sex, 2003-04 (graph)
12.22 Hospitalisations, by principal diagnosis, 2003-04 (table)
APPENDICES
1 Experimental Indigenous estimated resident population, 30 June 2001
2 Estimates and projections of the Indigenous population, 1991-2009
3 Disability or long-term health condition
4 Limitations and restrictions
5 Disability type
6 Language and educational characteristics, Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2001
7 Labour force characteristics and household tenure type, Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2001
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