Overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia 2011

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Report

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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Place of Publication

Mt Lawley, Western Australia

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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

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Stumpers, S. , Thomson, N. , Brankovich, J. , Burns, J. , Catto, M. , Gray, C. , Maling, C. , Potter, C. , Ride, K. , Urquhart, B.. (2011). Overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia 2011. Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet.

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Abstract

This overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia has been prepared by the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet as a part of our efforts to contribute to improvements in Indigenous health by making relevant, high quality knowledge and information easily accessible to policy makers, health service providers, program managers, clinicians, researchers and the general community.

Its preparation was undertaken as a part of the development within the HealthInfoNet site of a specific section devoted to Indigenous health in Western Australia. Development of the section, the first of a planned series for all States and Territories, has been enabled with the provision of separate funds from the Western Australian Department of Health’s Office of Aboriginal Health. The HealthInfoNetis grateful for this support.

Preparation of the overview involved the collection, collation, and analysis of a wide range of relevant information, including both published and unpublished material. Sources included government reports, articles in journals and other periodicals, books and book chapters, and reports from specific studies and projects.

The overview draws on information from the main administrative data collections (such as the birth and death registration systems and the hospital inpatient collections) and surveys. Information from these sources has been published mainly in government reports, particularly those produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Importantly, the overview draws also on a wide variety of other information sources, including registers for specific diseases and other conditions, regional and local surveys, and numerous epidemiological and other studies examining particular diseases, conditions, and health determinants. Information from these sources is disseminated mainly through journals and similar periodicals, or in special reports (such as the annual reports of the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA)).

A number of sections include the results of the HealthInfoNet’s own analyses of data obtained from a variety of sources. For example, estimates of the age-adjusted incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were made using notification data provided by ANZDATA.

The initial sections provide information about the Indigenous population, the context of Indigenous health, and various measures of population health status. Most sections about specific health conditions comprise a brief summary about the condition and evidence of the current burden of the condition among Indigenous people in Western Australia.

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