4704.0 - The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2008

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Summary Contents Introduction
AIM
DATA SOURCES
DATA ISSUES
Demographic, social and economic context
INTRODUCTION
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
SUMMARY
Education and Health
INTRODUCTION
SCHOOL RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME
LINKS BETWEEN EDUCATION AND HEALTH
SUMMARY
Housing Circumstances
INTRODUCTION
HOUSING TENURE
HOUSING ASSISTANCE
HOUSEHOLD TYPES AND SIZE
HOUSING COSTS
HOUSING AND HEALTH
HOMELESSNESS
SUMMARY
Disability and Carers
INTRODUCTION
COMPARISON OF 2006 CENSUS AND 2002 NATSISS DISABILITY MEASURES
NEED FOR ASSISTANCE
NEED FOR ASSISTANCE BY SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS
CARERS
SUMMARY
Mothers and Children
INTRODUCTION
INDIGENOUS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
INDIGENOUS MOTHERS
BABIES AND CHILDREN
HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
SUMMARY
Health Status
INTRODUCTION
SELF-ASSESSED HEALTH
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND ILLNESS
SPECIFIC CAUSES OF ILL-HEALTH
SUMMARY
Health Risk Factors
INTRODUCTION
RISK FACTORS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SMOKING
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE
OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY
POOR NUTRITION
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS
SUMMARY
Mortality
INTRODUCTION
DATA QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
DEATHS 2001–2005
YEARS OF LIFE LOST (YLL)
CAUSE OF DEATH
TRENDS IN MORTALITY
SUMMARY
Health Services—Provision, Access and Use
INTRODUCTION
PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
CURRENT AND FUTURE INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELFARE/COMMUNITY SERVICES WORKFORCE
USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
SUMMARY
Community Services
INTRODUCTION
CHILD CARE
CHILD PROTECTION
ADOPTION
JUVENILE JUSTICE
DISABILITY SERVICES
AGED CARE
SUMMARY
Torres Strait Islander Peoples
INTRODUCTION
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
HEALTH INDICATORS
SUMMARY

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