4704.0 - The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2003  
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APPENDIX 3 - UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENTS, ENROLMENTS AND COMPLETIONS(a)

UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENTS, ENROLMENTS AND COMPLETIONS(a)
1999 completions

2000 commencements

2000 enrolments

no.
Indigenous
as % of total
no.
Indigenous
as % of total
no.
Indigenous
as % of total
Health
Health, general(b)
-
-
3
0.9
5
0.7
Dentistry(c)
1
0.4
2
0.7
5
0.4
Health support activities(d)
56
8.0
156
9.3
300
8.1
Health sciences and technologies(e)
Nursing (basic or post-basic)
30
0.5
85
1.1
241
1.1
Other
10
0.6
27
0.8
67
0.7
Total
40
0.5
112
1.0
308
1.0
Medical science, medicine
Medical science
1
0.2
3
0.3
4
0.2
Medicine
8
0.7
13
1.6
57
1.2
Total medical science, medicine
9
0.6
16
0.9
61
0.9
Allied health(f)
7
0.4
10
0.4
50
0.6
Total
113
1.0
299
1.7
729
1.4
Welfare
Counselling(g)
1
5.0
-
-
-
-
Social work
20
1.8
30
1.6
95
1.8
Welfare studies
6
1.8
64
9.9
91
5.6
Early childhood education(h)
13
1.0
76
3.1
181
2.6
Special education(i)
-
0.0
2
0.8
4
0.6
Total
40
1.3
172
3.3
371
2.6
(a) For students identified as Indigenous.
(b) Courses that prepare, or develop further the abilities of, individuals to assist in and support the operations of health care facilities.
(c) Includes dentistry and dental therapy.
(d) Includes health support activities (general), health administration, health counselling, health surveying and environmental health, and health support activities (other).
(e) Includes health sciences and technologies (general), nursing (basic), nursing (post-basic), medical radiography, medical technology, nutrition and dietetics, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and health sciences and technologies (other).
(f) Includes rehabilitation services, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech pathology/audiology.
(g) Includes educational counselling and other counselling (excluding health or educational).
(h) Includes early childhood education and post-initial early childhood education.
(i) Includes initial special teacher education and post-initial special teacher education.
Source: Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs.