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	ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF AUSTRALIA'S ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES

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The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (cat. no. 4704.0) provides a comprehensive statistical overview, largely at the national level, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and welfare. It comprises a series of articles produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

What's new this issue

• disability (2011)
• Torres Strait Islander people (2011)
• social and emotional wellbeing (2010)
• housing circumstances (2010)
• access to health and community services (2010)

Topics previously updated in 2010

• demographic, social and economic characteristics overview
• education
• mothers' and children's health
• adult health.

Latest data, more accessible

Following on from the previous biennial series of printed reports, this electronic release presents comprehensive analysis on a more frequent basis. Information presented will be regularly updated as new data becomes available, and the range of topics covered will be expanded as new analysis is incorporated.

This electronic release also incorporates a number of features aimed at making the data presented more accessible. These include easy access to source data presented in tables and graphs and links to related information available from the ABS.

Acknowledgments

The ABS gratefully acknowledges the ongoing cooperation and assistance provided by Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the collection of data. Without this, the wide range of Indigenous statistics published by the ABS, including this release, would not be possible. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act 1905.

The artwork used through this release was produced as part of the Making Two Worlds Work project, a partnership project between the Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation and Women's Health Goulburn North East.

Feedback and comments

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or email client.services@abs.gov.au.

If you have any comments or feedback about this release please contact the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics (NCATSIS) on 1800 633 216 or email ncatsis@abs.gov.au.