INDIGENOUS IDENTIFIER, DEATH REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL CAUSE OF DEATH FORMS |
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| Question wording | | Possible responses |
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Death notification form | | | |
New South Wales | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of mixed origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Victoria | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?
| | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes Torres Strait Islander origin
Both
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Queensland | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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South Australia | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? | | No
Yes, Australian Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Western Australia | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, cross both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Tasmania | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Islander origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Northern Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin? | | No
Yes, Australian Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Australian Capital Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If both tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes Aboriginal origin
Yes Torres Strait Islander
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Medical certificate cause of death form | | |
New South Wales | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origins, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Victoria | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Queensland | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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South Australia | Of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin
| | No
Yes - Aboriginal
TSI
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Western Australia | Aboriginal | | Yes
No
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Tasmania | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Northern Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? | | No
Yes, Aboriginal origin
Yes, Torres Strait Islander origin
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Australian Capital Territory | Was the deceased of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (If both, tick both ‘Yes’ boxes.) | | No
Yes Aboriginal origin
Yes Torres Strait Islander origin
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Source: Information provided by state and territory Health Departments and Registrars-General. |