1. ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Core funding is provided by Australian Department of Health Key facts, figures and tables Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2014

2. 2 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Indigenous population At 30 June 2014, the estimated Australian Indigenous population was 713,600 people. For 2014, it was estimated that NSW had the highest number of Indigenous people (220,902 people, 31% of the total Indigenous population). For 2014, it was estimated that the NT had the highest proportion of Indigenous people in its population (72,251 people, 30% of the NT population were Indigenous).

3. 3 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet In 2011, around 33% of Indigenous people lived in a capital city. There was a 21% increase in the number of Indigenous people counted in the 2011 Census compared with the 2006 Census. The Indigenous population is much younger than the non- Indigenous population.

4. 4 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Estimated Indigenous population, by jurisdiction, Australia, 30 June 2014 Notes: 1.Australian population includes Jervis Bay Territory, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Christmas Island 2.Proportions of jurisdiction population have used total population figures estimated from demographic information for June 2014 Source: ABS, 2014 JurisdictionIndigenous populationProportion of Australian Indigenous population (%)Proportion of jurisdiction population (%) NSW 220,90231.02.9 Vic 50,9837.10.9 Qld 203,04528.54.3 WA 93,77813.13.6 SA 39,8005.62.4 Tas 25,8453.65.0 ACT 6,7070.91.7 NT 72,25110.129.7 Australia 713,589100.03.0

5. 5 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Population pyramid of Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, 30 June 2011 Source: ABS, 2012

6. 6 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Births and pregnancy outcome In 2013, there were 18,368 births registered in Australia with one or both parents identified as Indigenous (6% of all births registered). In 2013, Indigenous mothers were younger than non-Indigenous mothers; the median age was 24.9 years for Indigenous mothers and 30.8 years for all mothers. In 2013, total fertility rates were 2,344 births per 1,000 for Indigenous women and 1,882 per 1,000 for all women.

7. 7 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet In 2012, the average birthweight of babies born to Indigenous mothers was 3,211 grams compared with 3,373 grams for babies born to non-Indigenous mothers. In 2012, the proportion of low birthweight babies born to Indigenous women was twice that of non-Indigenous women (11.8% compared with 6.0%).

8. 8 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-specific fertility rates, by Indigenous status of mother, selected jurisdictions, Australia, 2013 Source: ABS, 2014 Notes: 1.Rates per 1,000 women in each age-group; the 15-19 years age group includes births by girls aged 14 years or younger. Figures are not provided for the 45-49 years age group because of the small numbers involved 2.Figures are not provided for Tas and the ACT because of the small numbers involved and doubts about the level of identification of Indigenous births, but numbers for those jurisdictions are included in figures for Australia Status of mother / age-group (years) Jurisdiction NSWVicQldWASANTAustralia Indigenous mothers 15-1954526592557463 20-24138100137174138119134 25-29129116124144124110124 30-34958689101637388 35-3946724952423248 40-4411 136711 All mothers 15-191392017144115 20-2451386556529252 25-291028810898104108100 30-34129124120123124111125 35-3975766366635871 40-4417 1314131415

9. 9 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Total fertility rates, by Indigenous status of mother, selected jurisdictions, Australia, 2013 Source: ABS, 2014 Notes: 1.Total fertility rate is the number of children born to 1,000 women at the current level and age pattern of fertility 2.Figures are not provided for Tas and the ACT because of the small numbers involved and doubts about the level of identification of Indigenous births. Numbers for those jurisdictions are included in figures for Australia Status of mother Jurisdiction NSWVicQldWASANTAustralia Indigenous 2,3702,1902,3912.8472,1492,0922,344 All mothers 1,9401,7651,9401,8701,8482,1171,882

10. 10 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Mean birthweights and percentage of low birthweight for babies born to Indigenous and all mothers, by jurisdictions, Australia, 2012 Note: Low birthweight is defined as less than 2,500 grams Source: Hilder L, Zhichao Z, Parker M, Jahan S, Chambers GM, 2014 NSWVicQldWASATasACTNTAustralia Indigenous mothers Mean birthweight 3,2453,2983,2333,1283,1313,3133,1333,1283,211 % low birthweight 10.59.611.114.514.811.014.913.611.8 Non-Indigenous mothers Mean birthweight 3,369 3,3803,3523,3383,3823,3523,3033,367 % low birthweight 5.76.16.66.17.27.17.48.26.2

11. 11 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Indigenous mortality In 2006-2010, the age-standardised death rate for Indigenous people was 1.9 times the rate for non-Indigenous people. Between 1991 and 2010, there was a 33% reduction in the death rates for Indigenous people in WA, SA and the NT. For Indigenous people born 2010-2012, life expectancy was estimated to be 69.1 years for males and 73.7 years for females, around 10-11 years less than the estimates for non-Indigenous males and females. In 2008-2012, age-specific death rates were higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people across all age-groups, and were much higher in the young and middle adult years.

12. 12 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet For 2011-2013, the infant mortality rate was around twice as high for Indigenous infants than for non-Indigenous infants in NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT; the rate for Indigenous infants was highest in the NT. From 1998 to 2012, there were significant declines in infant mortality rates for Indigenous infants. For 2012, the leading causes of death among Indigenous people were cardiovascular disease, neoplasms (mainly cancers), and injury. In 2006-2010, for direct maternal deaths the rate ratio was almost 4 times higher for Indigenous women than for non-Indigenous women.

13. 13 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Jurisdiction Indigenous rate Non-Indigenous rate Rate ratio NSW9625981.6 Qld1,0895971.8 WA1,4315742.5 SA1,0606151.7 NT1,5416452.4 NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT1,1515971.9 Age-standardised death rates, by Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2006-2010 Source: AIHW, 2013 Notes: 1.Rates per 100,000 are directly age-standardised using the 2001 Australia estimated resident population 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.Due to the incomplete identification of Indigenous status, these figures probably under-estimate the true difference between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates 4.Caution should be exercised in the interpretation of Qld rates because of recent changes to birth and death registrations

14. 14 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet PopulationMalesFemales Indigenous Australia (unadjusted)67.472.3 Australia (headline)69.173.7 NSW70.574.6 Qld68.774.4 WA65.070.2 NT63.468.7 Total population Australia (unadjusted)79.883.2 Australia (headline)79.783.1 Expectation of life at birth in years for Indigenous people and the total population, by sex, selected jurisdictions, Australia, 2010-2012 Note: 1. This table includes two estimates for Australia. The ‘headline’ estimate includes adjustments based on Australia-wide census-related information. The headline estimates should be used in all situations except those requiring comparisons with the estimates for the states and territories, for which Australia-wide information could not be applied. The unadjusted Australian estimate should be used in situations requiring such a comparison. 2..The Australian Indigenous estimates are based on deaths in all states and territories Source: ABS, 2013

15. 15 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Jurisdiction IndigenousNon-Indigenous MaleFemaleMaleFemale NSW58.566.278.985.0 Qld53.662.977.483.9 WA53.957.877.884.2 SA48.855.380.085.5 NT52.558.069.971.4 NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT54.661.678.584.7 Median age at death, by Indigenous status and sex, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2013 Notes: 1.Information is not available for the other jurisdictions because of the relatively small numbers of deaths 2.Median age of death is the age below which 50% of deaths occur Source: ABS, 2014

16. 16 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) IndigenousNon-IndigenousRate ratio MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales NSW 044431.01.2 1-4252316 1.61.5 5–141011971.11.5 15-24673147201.41.5 25-341618370312.32.7 35-44324183118672.7 45-546643572731652.42.2 55-641,1538466423831.82.2 65+3,7503,7284,0173,6190.91.0 Qld 096541.81.5 1-4414720172.02.8 5–1420111291.61.2 15-241055955261.92.2 25-3421910783342.63.1 35-44451260130713.53.7 45-548515112661673.23.1 55-641,5361,2036303742.43.2 65+5,2714,326 3,4191.41.3 Age-specific death rates, by Indigenous status and sex, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2009-2013

17. 17 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) IndigenousNon-IndigenousRate ratio MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales WA 084322.71.5 1-4754819153.83.1 5–142435992.53.8 15-2422610554244.24.4 25-3428316383313.45.3 35-44672434123635.56.9 45-541,0867952461544.45.2 55-642,1591,4565633343.84.4 65+6,1614,7073,7033,2731.71.4 SA 077431.92.6 1-4323523171.42.1 5–142319793.12.1 15-241398749212.94.2 25-3425512782363.13.5 35-44664426146844.65.1 45-541,0967193091833.53.9 55-641,6291,2056633952.53.1 65+3,3622,8784,2023,8820.80.7 Age-specific death rates, by Indigenous status and sex, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2009-2013

18. 18 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) IndigenousNon-IndigenousRate ratio MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales NT 014123 5 4.42.6 1-4 8969 35 9 2.5 7.3 5–14 4149 18 112.24.5 15-24 273 12688313.14.1 25-34424195 85265.0 7.6 35-44 886 637126 56 7.111.4 45-541,6231,2733241425.0 9.0 55-642,651 1,909676 3043.96.3 65+6,3505,8183,2602,4581.92.4 Age-specific death rates, by Indigenous status and sex, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2009-2013 Notes: 1.Rates are per 1,000 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.Information is not available for Vic, Tas and the ACT because of the small number of deaths registered in those Source: ABS, 2014

19. 19 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Jurisdiction Indigenous Non- Indigenous Rate ratio MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales NSW3.74.13.93.10.91.3 Qld7.15.94.34.21.71.4 WA5.84.22.3 2.51.8 SA7.88.13.02.42.63.4 NT14.912.33.15.24.82.4 Infant mortality rates, by Indigenous status and sex, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, SA, WA and the NT, 2011-2013 Notes: 1.Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.The Indigenous rates are likely to be under-estimated, due to the incomplete identification of Indigenous status on births and deaths records 4.Due to the small number of deaths registered in Vic, Tas and the ACT, these jurisdictions have been excluded Source: Derived from ABS, 2014

20. 20 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Cause of deathNumberRate Rate ratio Coronary heart disease3381652.1 Diabetes mellitus2011067.0 Lung cancer138732.3 Chronic lower respiratory disease123742.9 Suicide117222.0 Cerebrovascular disease108671.5 Land transport accidents88203.4 Symptoms, sign and ill-defined conditions79223.4 Cirrhosis and other liver diseases72234.1 Diseases of the urinary system63342.5 Numbers and rates of the leading causes of Indigenous deaths and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2012 Notes: 1.See source for the ICD codes for the causes of death 2.Rates are deaths per 100,000, standardised to the Australian 2001 Estimated Resident Population 3.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate (not shown) Source: ABS, 2014

21. 21 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Cause of death Rate Rate ratio IndigenousNon-Indigenous Circulatory diseases3512011.7 Neoplasms2451781.4 Endocrine, metabolic and nutritional disorders (including diabetes)118225.4 Respiratory diseases112492.3 External causes84372.3 Digestive diseases58202.8 Kidney diseases40113.5 Nervous system diseases27241.1 Infectious and parasitic diseases258.72.9 Conditions originating in the perinatal period6.02.82.2 Other causes85432.0 All causes1,1515971.9 Age-standardised death rates, by Indigenous status and cause, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2006-2010 Notes: 1.Due to under-identification of Indigenous deaths, these rates are likely to under-estimate the true differences between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations 2.Rates per 100,000 population have been standardised using the 2001 Australian population as the standard 3.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate Source: AIHW, 2013

22. 22 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Indigenous status Women who gave birth Maternal deathsMaternal mortality ratio Indigenous55,032 Direct and indirect maternal deaths 916.4 Direct maternal deaths 59.1 Non-Indigenous1,393,413 Direct and indirect maternal deaths 755.1 Direct maternal deaths 342.4 Numbers of women who gave birth and maternal deaths, and maternal mortality ratios, by Indigenous status, Australia, 2006-2010 Notes: 1.Maternal mortality ratio is the number of maternal deaths divided by the number of women who gave birth (in 100,000s) 2.2 Due to some uncertainty about the numbers of Indigenous deaths and confinements, some caution must be exercised in the interpretation of the ratios 3.3 The non-Indigenous numbers and ratios include deaths for which Indigenous status was not known. This probably results in a slight, unknown over-estimate of non-Indigenous numbers and 4.ratios, and a resultant under-estimate of the differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women Source: Derived from Laws, Li, 2008, Laws, Sullivan, 2009, Laws, Li, Sullivan, 2010, Li, McNally, Hilder, Sullivan, 2011, Li, Zeki, Hilder, Sullivan, 2012, Johnson et al, 2014

23. 23 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Indigenous hospitalisation In 2012-13, 4.0% of all hospitalisations were of Indigenous people. In 2012-13, the age-standardised separation rate for Indigenous people was 2.7 times higher than for other Australians. In 2012-13, the main cause of hospitalisation for Indigenous people was for care involving dialysis, responsible for 48% of Indigenous separations.

24. 24 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Jurisdiction IndigenousNon-Indigenous Rate ratio NumberRateNumberRate NSW78,6476782,720,6423581.9 Vic19,2807792,353,5544031.9 Qld94,5059171,883,1674202.2 WA77,9381,614980,8134223.8 SA24,0921,233687,8233833.2 NT83,1221,91135,1823295.8 All jurisdictions384,6381,0388,988,8883892.7 Numbers of hospital separations and age-standardised separation rates, by Indigenous status and jurisdiction, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Vic, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2012-13 Notes: 1.Rates per 1,000 population 2.Non-Indigenous rates and numbers include separations for which Indigenous status was not stated 3.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 4.Numbers and rates for the NT are for public hospitals only; separate numbers and rates are not included for Tas or the ACT, but included in totals where applicable 5.The incomplete identification of Indigenous status means that these figures probably under-estimate the true difference between Indigenous and non- Indigenous rates Source: AIHW, 2014

25. 25 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age- group (years) MalesFemales IndigenousNon-IndigenousRate ratioIndigenousNon-IndigenousRate ratio 0-43712651.42972031.5 5-91491061.4121831.5 10-14116861.3110771.4 15-191511321.13141891.7 20-242151401.55322712.0 25-292871372.15973331.8 30-343901622.46324061.6 35-396471973.38743762.3 40-449852404.19623253.0 45-491,3402934.61,3563354.1 50-541,4713714.01,6033904.1 55-591,7545003.52,3154635.0 60-642,1036783.12,5695794.4 65+2,1799932.22,4208932.7 Age-specific hospital separation rates, by sex and Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, Australia, 2012-13 Notes: 1.Rates per 1,000 population 2.Non-Indigenous includes separations for which Indigenous status was not stated 3.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 4.Rates have not been adjusted for likely under-identification of Indigenous separations, so it is likely that the Indigenous rates, and hence the rate ratios, could be 25-30% higher Source: Derived from AIHW, 2014, ABS, 2009, ABS, 2013, ABS, 2014

26. 26 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Principal diagnosisNumber of separationsProportion of separations Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes 27,6537.2 Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium22,3425.8 Diseases of the respiratory system20,9445.4 Diseases of the digestive system19,3155.0 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 18,6164.8 Mental and behavioural disorders16,3934.3 Diseases of the circulatory system11,5883.0 Diseases of the genitourinary system10,3482.7 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue8,3102.2 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue7,2011.9 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases6,6011.7 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases5,7971.5 Neoplasms5,3941.4 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services 185,28948 All causes, excluding dialysis384,368100 Numbers and proportions (%) for leading causes of Indigenous hospital separations, Australia, 2012-13 Note: Information for the NT is for public hospitals only Source: AIHW, 2014

27. 27 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet DiagnosisIndigenous rateNon-Indigenous rateRate ratio Diabetes complications4,4767316.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease1,1192524.4 Congestive heart failure5362002.7 Angina3521123.2 Asthma3001621.9 All potentially preventable chronic conditions6,7131,5494.3 Age-standardised rates of top five diagnoses of potentially preventable hospitalisations for chronic conditions, by Indigenous status, Australia, 2012-13 Note: Information for the NT is for public hospitals only Source: AIHW, 2014 Notes: 1.Rates per 100,000 population, directly age-standardised using the 2001 Australian standard population 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, 2014

28. 28 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet DiagnosisIndigenous rateNon-Indigenous rateRate ratio Pyelonephritis6372632.4 Convulsions and epilepsy5921414.2 Cellulitis4651822.6 Dehydration and gastroenteritis3852661.4 Dental conditions3502671.3 All potentially preventable acute conditions2,9311,3492.2 Age-standardised rates of top five diagnoses of potentially preventable hospitalisations for acute conditions, by Indigenous status, Australia, 2012-13 Note: Information for the NT is for public hospitals only Source: AIHW, 2014 Notes: 1.Rates per 100,000 population, directly age-standardised using the 2001 Australian standard population 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, 2014

29. 29 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Cardiovascular disease In 2012-2013, 13% of Indigenous people reported having a long- term heart or related condition; after age-adjustment, these conditions were around 1.2 times more common for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. In 2012, hospitalisation rates for circulatory disease were 1.6 times higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. In 2012, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death for Indigenous people, accounting for 25% of Indigenous deaths. In 2012, the age-adjusted death rate for Indigenous people was 1.6 times the rate for non-Indigenous people.

30. 30 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Prevalence (%) of people reporting cardiovascular disease as a long-term health condition, by Indigenous status and age-group, Australia, 2012-2013 Note: Proportions are expressed as percentages Source: ABS, 2014

31. 31 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Cardiovascular disease type MalesFemales PrevalenceRatioPrevalenceRatio Hypertensive heart disease5.61.06.01.1 Heart, stroke and vascular diseases1.41.53.81.7 All cardiovascular disease11.11.214.21.3 Prevalence (%) of cardiovascular disease, Indigenous people by sex and type, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous age-adjusted rate ratios, Australia, 2012-2013 Notes: 1.Prevalences are expressed as percentages 2.See source for details of specific conditions included in each CVD type Source: ABS, 2014

32. 32 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Cancer In 2005-2009, age-adjusted cancer incidence rates were slightly lower for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. In 2004-2008, the most common cancers diagnosed among Indigenous people were lung and breast cancer. In 2012-13, age-standardised hospitalisation rates for cancer were lower for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. In 2012, the age-standardised death rate for cancer for Indigenous people was 1.5 times higher than for non-Indigenous people.

33. 33 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Site of primary cancerIndigenous peopleNon-Indigenous peopleRate ratio Lung80431.9 Breast (females)821040.8 Prostate (males)1051480.7 Bowel48590.8 Cervix (females)1872.8 Pancreas15101.5 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma14160.9 Unknown primary site24121.9 All cancers4614341.1 Age-standardised incidence rates for selected cancers, by Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA and the NT, 2004-2008 Notes: 1.Rates per 100,000 population, age-standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001 2.Ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.Due to the incomplete identification of Indigenous status, these figures probably under-estimate the true difference between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates Source: AIHW and Australasian Association of Cancer Registries, 2013

34. 34 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Site of primary cancerIndigenous peopleNon-Indigenous peopleRate ratio Lung64331.9 Liver1753.3 Breast (female)28211.3 Unknown primary site16101.6 Bowel13160.8 Pancreas1391.4 Oesophagus1152.3 Prostate (males)31301.0 Stomach741.7 Cervix (females)723.9 All cancers2521721.5 Age-standardised death rates for selected cancers, by Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2007-2011 Note 1.Rates per 100,000 population, age-standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001 2.Ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.Rates are age-standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001 4.Due to the incomplete identification of Indigenous status, these figures probably under-estimate the true difference between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates 5.Rates for 2007-2009 are final, 2010 are revised and 2011 are preliminary Source: AIHW and National Mortality Database, 2013

35. 35 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Diabetes In 2012-2013, 9% of Indigenous people reported having diabetes; after age-adjustment, Indigenous people were 3.2 times more likely to report having some form of diabetes than were non-Indigenous people. In 2013-14, age-adjusted hospitalisation rates for diabetes for Indigenous males and females were 3 and 5 times the rates for other males and females. In 2012, Indigenous people died from diabetes at 7 times the rate of non-Indigenous people.

36. 36 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Proportions (%) of people reporting diabetes/high sugar levels as a long-term health condition, by Indigenous status, and age-group, Australia, 2012-2013 Note: Proportions are expressed as percentages Source: ABS, 2014

37. 37 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Social and emotional wellbeing In 2012-13, 69% of Indigenous adults experienced at least one significant stressor in the previous 12 months. The most prevalent stressors were: death of a family member or close friend; serious illness; unable to get a job; alcohol or drug related problems; and mental illness. In 2012-13, after age-adjustment, Indigenous people were 2.7 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to feel high or very high levels of psychological distress.

38. 38 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Type of stressorProportion of Indigenous people (%)Ratio Death of a family member or close friend371.8 Serious illness231.4 Not able to get a job232.6 Alcohol or drug related problems183.6 Mental illness161.7 Trouble with the police135.0 Involuntary loss of job92.4 Divorce or separation81.0 Gambling problems85.8 Witness to violence83.9 Abuse or violent crime73.4 Serious accident71.8 Serious disability62.3 Total reporting specific stressor(s)691.4 Proportions (%) of stressors reported by Indigenous people in the previous 12 months and Indigenous:non-Indigenous ratios, by stressor type, Australia, 2012-13 Notes: 1.Proportions are expressed as percentages 2. Ratios are based on age-adjusted prevalences from the 2012-2013 AATSIHS and the 2011-13 Australian Health Survey Source: ABS, 2013

39. 39 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet In 2012-13, there were 16,393 hospital separations with a principal diagnosis of ICD ‘Mental and behavioural disorders’ identified as Indigenous. In 2012, the death rate for ICD ‘Intentional self-harm’ (suicide) for Indigenous people in NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT was 2.0 times the rate reported for non- Indigenous people.

40. 40 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Cause of death MalesFemales NumberRateRate ratioNumberRateRate ratio Mental disorders due to substance use 79145.73656.7 Organic mental disorders55301.6104381.4 Other mental disorders1360.72590.7 All mental disorders147491.7165521.3 Numbers and rates of deaths from mental health related conditions, excluding intentional self-harm, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, by sex and condition, NSW, Qld, WA, SA, and the NT, 2006-2010 Notes: 1.Details of death from intentional self-harm are not included in this table. 2.‘Mental disorders due to substance use’ comprises ICD codes F10-F19, ‘Organic mental disorders’ ICD codes F00-F09, and ‘Other mental disorders’ ICD codes F20–F99, G30, G47.0, G47.1, G47.2, G47.8, G47.9, O99.3, R44, R45.0, R45.1, R45.4, R48 3.Rates are deaths per 100,000 standardised using the Australian 2001 ERP Source: AIHW, 2013

41. 41 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet JurisdictionIndigenousRate ratios PersonsMalesFemalesPersonsMalesFemales NSW1424n.p.1.61.8n.p. Qld2230141.81.62.6 WA3955223.33.14.1 SA2535n.p.2.22.0n.p. NT2947n.p.2.42.3n.p. Age-standardised death rates for intentional self-harm, Indigenous people by sex and jurisdiction and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2008-2012 Notes: 1.Rate per 100,000 population, standardised to the Australian 2011 ERP 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.n.p. not published 4.Due to the incomplete identification of Indigenous status, these figures probably under-estimate the true differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people Source: ABS, 2014

42. 42 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) IndigenousRate ratios PersonsMalesFemalesPersonsMalesFemales 1-14212.210.36.316.2 15-244362235.2 25-344566233.53.34.4 35-443249172.0.1.92.4 45+n.p. All ages2233n.p.2.12.0n.p. Age-standardised death rates for intentional self-harm, Indigenous people by sex and age-group and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2008-2012 Notes: 1.Rate per 100,000 population, standardised to the Australian 2011 ERP 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.n.p. not published 4.Due to the incomplete identification of Indigenous status, these figures under-estimate the true differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people Source: ABS, 2014

43. 43 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Kidney health In 2009-2013, after age-adjustment, the notification rate of end stage renal disease was 6.2 times higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. In 2012-13, care involving dialysis was the most common reason for hospitalisation among Indigenous people. In 2008-2012, the age-standardised death rate from kidney disease was 2.6 times higher for Indigenous people than for non- Indigenous people.

44. 44 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Jurisdiction IndigenousNon-Indigenous Rate ratio NumberRateNumberRate NSW1692883,707943.1 Vic553872,957983.9 Qld2875102,072895.7 WA2369221,0549010.2 SA76696865917.6 NT3371,501658817.1 Australia1,17257911,222946.2 Numbers of notifications and age-standardised notification rates for end- stage renal disease, by Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, selected jurisdictions, Australia, 2009-2013 Notes: 1.Rates per 1,000,000 population have been standardised using the ERP from 30 June 2001 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.Notification rates for Tas and the ACT have not been shown separately because of the small numbers of notifications, but are included in the figures for Australia Source: Derived from ANZDATA, 2014, ABS, 2011, ABS, 2003, ABS, 2014

45. 45 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) IndigenousNon-Indigenous Rate ratio NumberRateNumberRate 0-147616980.8 15-242436265182.0 25-3466145517334.4 35-44228557890579.8 45-543811,2101,56010411.6 55-643341,8182,4471919.5 65-741141,4572,8013364.3 75+185122,5733641.4 All ages1,17257911,222946.2 Numbers of notifications and notification rates of end-stage renal disease, by Indigenous status and age-group, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, Australia, 2009-2013 Notes: 1.Rates per 1,000,000 population 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 3.Rates for ‘All ages’ are age-standardised Source: Derived from ANZDATA, 2014, ABS, 2011, ABS, 2003, ABS, 2014

46. 46 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Injury In 2012-13, after age-adjustment, Indigenous people were hospitalised for injury at nearly twice the rate for other Australians. In 2012-13, the hospitalisation rate for assault was 34 times higher for Indigenous women than for other women. In 2012, injury was the third most common cause of death among Indigenous people, accounting for 15% of Indigenous deaths.

47. 47 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Respiratory disease In 2012-2013, 31% of Indigenous people reported having a respiratory condition. After age-adjustment, the level of respiratory disease was 1.2 times higher for Indigenous than non-Indigenous people. In 2012-2013, 18% of Indigenous people reported having asthma. In 2012-13, after age-adjustment, rates for Indigenous people were 4.4 times higher for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 3.3 times higher for influenza and pneumonia, 1.8 times higher for asthma, 1.8 times higher for acute upper respiratory infections and 1.4 times higher for whooping cough, than for their non-Indigenous counterparts.

48. 48 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet In 2012, after age-adjustment, the death rate for respiratory disease for Indigenous people was 2.2 times that for non-Indigenous people.

49. 49 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet MalesFemalesPersons RateRate ratioRateRate ratioRateRate ratio Chronic lower respiratory diseases882.9653.2753.0 Pneumonia and influenza242.4161.8192.1 Other respiratory disease241.2141.2181.2 All respiratory disease1352.3952.41122.3 Age-standardised death rates for respiratory disease, Indigenous people, by sex and condition, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2006-2010 Notes: 1.Chronic lower respiratory diseases include asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and other COPD 2.Rates, in deaths per 100,000, are directly age-standardised using the Australian 2001 estimated resident population, by 5-year age-group to 75+ Source: AIHW, 2013

50. 50 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Eye health In 2012-2013, eye and sight problems were reported by 33% of Indigenous people. In 2008, the rate of low vision for Indigenous adults aged 40 years and older was 2.8 times higher than for their non-Indigenous counterparts. In 2008, the rate of blindness for Indigenous adults aged 40 years and older was 6.2 times higher than for their non-Indigenous counterparts.

51. 51 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Bilateral vision loss and blindness among Indigenous adults, by type of eye problem, 2008, Australia Source: NIEHS 2009

52. 52 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Ear health In 2012-2013, ear/hearing problems were reported by 12% of Indigenous people. In 2012-13, the hospitalisation rate for ear/hearing problems for Indigenous children aged 0-3 years was 0.8 times lower than for non-Indigenous children and the rate for Indigenous children aged 4-14 years was 1.6 times higher the rate for non-Indigenous children.

53. 53 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Oral health In 2007-2008 in NSW, SA, Tas and the NT, Indigenous children had more dental problems than non-Indigenous children. In 2004-2006, caries and periodontal diseases were more prevalent among Indigenous adults than among non-Indigenous adults.

54. 54 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) Years15-2425-3435-4445-5455+All ages Number of teeth lost 080502717845 1-4184048372233 5-9161621149 10-14-127103 15+11415378 Dentures Wears dentures128234510 Requires dentures141012136 Proportion (%) of Indigenous people reporting number of lost teeth and denture use, by age-group and type of condition, Australia, 2004-2005 Notes: 1.Some low proportions should be viewed with caution 2. ‘-‘ refers to nil or rounded to zero Source: ABS, 2006

55. 55 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years)IndigenousNon-IndigenousRate ratio 0-48.44.91.7 5-912.29.81.2 10-143.05.90.5 All ages7.96.91.2 Age-specific hospital separation rates for dental conditions, by Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, Australia, 2012-13 Notes: 1.Rates per 1,000 population 2.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rateSource: ABS, 2006 Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, 2014

56. 56 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Disability In 2012, Indigenous people were 1.7 times as likely as non- Indigenous people to have a profound/core activity restriction.

57. 57 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet MalesFemalesPersons Age- group (years) Indigenous Non- Indigenous RatioIndigenous Non- Indigenous RatioIndigenous Non- Indigenous Ratio 0-41.71.21.41.10.71.51.41.01.4 5-144.83.31.52.61.6 3.72.51.5 15-193.82.31.72.61.41.83.21.91.7 20-243.41.52.22.11.11.92.81.32.1 25-343.41.42.42.71.22.33.01.32.3 35-445.21.92.74.81.92.65.01.92.6 45-548.83.02.98.83.22.88.83.12.8 55-64155.52.7145.12.8155.32.7 65+25151.729201.427181.5 All ages5.74.32.05.15.01.95.44.61.9 Prevalence (%) of people needing assistance with core activities, by sex, Indigenous status, age-group and Indigenous:non:Indigenous ratios, Australia, 2011 Notes: 1.Prevalences are expressed as percentages 2.Ratio is Indigenous proportion divided by the non-Indigenous proportion 3.Ratios for ‘All ages’ have been standardised using the 2001 Australian estimated resident population 4.ABS notes that ‘needing assistance with core activities’ is conceptually related to the ‘presence of a profound/core activity restriction’ 5.The information in this table is based on counts from the 2011 Census Source: Derived from ABS, 2013 ABS, 2001

58. 58 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet YearsNSWVicQldWASATasACTNTAust 2008-092479234364103533 2009-10317924496116562236 2010-11366426536620655541 Proportions (%) of Indigenous potential population aged 0-64 years accessing NDA state/territory-delivered disability support services, by jurisdiction and year, Australia, 2008-2011 Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, 2013

59. 59 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Type of specialist serviceIndigenousNon-IndigenousRatio Accommodation support6.8 1.0 Community support36261.4 Community access8.19.50.9 Proportion (%) of Indigenous potential population aged 0-64 years accessing NDA specialist disability support services, by Indigenous status and type of specialist service and, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous ratios, Australia, 2010-11 Notes: 1.Potential’ users are people aged 0-64 years with the ‘potential to require disability support services, including individuals who meet the service eligibility criteria but who do not demand these services’ 2.Ratio is the Indigenous proportion divided by the non-Indigenous proportion 3.Information not available for respite services Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, 2013

60. 60 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Communicable diseases In 2006-2010, after age-adjustment, the notification rate for tuberculosis was 12.5 times higher for Indigenous people than for Australian-born non-Indigenous people. In 2011-2013, the crude notification rate for hepatitis B was 5 times higher for Indigenous people than non-Indigenous people. In 2011-2013, the crude notification rate for hepatitis C for Indigenous people was 3.7 times higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. In 2007-2010, notification rates for Haemophilus influenza type b were 12.9 times higher for Indigenous people than for non- Indigenous people.

61. 61 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet In 2011, the age-standardised rate of invasive pneumococcal disease was 8 times higher for Indigenous people than for other Australians. In 2007-2010, the age-standardised notification rate of meningococcal disease was 2.7 times higher for Indigenous people than for other Australians; the rate for Indigenous children aged 0-4 years was 3.8 times higher than for their non-Indigenous counterparts.

62. 62 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet In 2013, Indigenous people had higher crude notification rates for gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia than non-Indigenous people. In 2013, age-standardised rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis were 1.3 times higher for Indigenous than non- Indigenous people. In some remote communities, more than 70% of young children had scabies and pyoderma.

63. 63 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet JurisdictionNumberRate NSW283.5 Vic42.3 Qld486.3 WA71.3 SA64.1 Tas22.1 ACT00.0 NT6927.4 Numbers of new cases and crude notification rates of tuberculosis among Indigenous people, by jurisdiction, Australia, 2006-2010 Notes: 1.Population figures are for 30 June 2007 (the mid-point of the five-year period, 2006-2010) 2.Rates are crude incidence rates per 100,000 population Source: Roche, 2008, Barry, 2009, Barry, 2012, Bareja, 2014, ABS, 2009, ABS, 2008

64. 64 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Age-group (years) IndigenousNon-Indigenous Rate ratio NumberRateNumberRate 0-492.7560.83.3 5-14121.8390.36.5 15-24142.6780.54.9 25-34287.5690.516.1 35-44339.7430.335.2 45-543514.4680.531.4 55-641913.9620.527.1 65+1416.42101.511 All ages1646.16250.612.5 Notes: 1.Rates are per 100,000 population 2.Any discrepancy between the figures shown for ‘All ages’ and the sum of the number for the specific age-groups is due to age not being stated in the notification 3.Rate ratio is the Indigenous rate divided by the non-Indigenous rate 4.The rate ratio for 'All ages' is the standardised incidence ratio, which is the number of Indigenous cases reported divided by the number expected if the Indigenous population had the same age-specific rates as the non-Indigenous population Source: Derived from: Roche, 2008, Barry, 2009, Barry, 2012, Bareja, 2014, ABS, 2009, ABS, 2008 Numbers of new cases and notification rates of tuberculosis, by Indigenous status and age-group, and Indigenous:non-Indigenous rate ratios, Australia, 2006-2010

65. 65 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Nutrition In 2012-2013, less than one half of Indigenous people reported eating an adequate amount of fruit (42%) and only one-in-twenty ate enough vegetables (5%) on a daily basis.

66. 66 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Physical activity In 2012-13, 46% of Indigenous adults met the target of 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on most days. In 2012-2013, after age-adjustment, 62% of Indigenous people in non-remote areas reported that they were physically inactive, a similar level to that of non-Indigenous people.

67. 67 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Bodyweight In 2012-2013, 66% of Indigenous adults were classified as overweight or obese; after age-adjustment, the level of obesity/ overweight was 1.2 times higher for Indigenous people than for non- Indigenous people.

68. 68 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Immunisation In 2013, 93% of Indigenous children aged 5 years were fully immunised against the recommended vaccine-preventable diseases.

69. 69 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Breastfeeding In 2010, breastfeeding initiation levels were similar among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers (87% and 90% respectively).

70. 70 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Tobacco use In 2012-13, 44% of Indigenous adults were current smokers; after age-adjustment, this proportion was 2.5 times higher than the proportion among non-Indigenous adults. Between 2002 and 2013, there has been a decline in the number of cigarettes smoked daily among Indigenous people. In 2011, 50% of Indigenous mothers reported smoking during pregnancy.

71. 71 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Alcohol use In 2012-13, 23% of Indigenous adults abstained from alcohol; this level was 1.6 times higher than among the non-Indigenous population. In 2012-2013, after age-adjustment, lifetime drinking risk was similar for both the Indigenous and non-Indigenous population. In 2008-10, after age-adjustment, Indigenous males were hospitalised at 5 times and Indigenous females at 4 times the rates of their non- Indigenous counterparts for a principal diagnosis related to alcohol use. In 2006-2010, the age-standardised death rates for alcohol-related deaths for Indigenous males and females were 5 and 8 times higher respectively, than those for their non-counterparts.

72. 72 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Illicit drug use In 2012-13, 22% of Indigenous adults reported that they had used an illicit substance in the previous 12 months. In 2005-2009, the rate of drug-induced deaths was 1.5 times higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people.

73. 73 www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet ©2015 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet JurisdictionIndigenous rateNon-Indigenous rateRate ratio NSW12.66.22.0 Qld7.26.31.1 WA8.77.11.2 SA22.36.83.3 NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT9.96.41.5 Rates of drug induced deaths, by Indigenous status, and Indigenous:non- Indigenous rate ratios, NSW, Qld, WA, SA, and the NT, 2008-2012 Notes: 1.Rates are per 100,000 (indirect standardisation) 2.Non-Indigenous does not include deaths where Indigenous status is not stated 3.Separate rates for the NT were not provided due to low numbers of deaths Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, 2014