National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P12-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2010
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2010 |
METEOR identifier: | 396560 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 04/04/2011 |
Description: | The incidence of low birth weight among live-born babies, of mothers by Indigenous status. |
Rationale: | Low birth weight is associated with increased risk of poor health and death during infancy and increased prevalence of a number of chronic diseases in adulthood. Low birth weight is a particular issue for Indigenous Australians. |
Indicator set: | National Indigenous Reform Agreement (2010) Community Services (retired), Superseded 04/04/2011 |
Outcome area: | Indigenous children are born and remain healthy Indigenous, Standard 21/07/2010 |
Data quality statement: | National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P12-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2010 QS Community Services (retired), Superseded 04/04/2011 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Low birth weight is defined as less than 2500 grams. Presentation: Number, percentage, rate ratio and rate difference |
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Computation: | 100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator) |
Numerator: | Number of low birth weight singleton infants |
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Denominator: | Number of live-born singleton infants |
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Comments: | Disaggregation: National and state/territory by Indigenous status Most recent data available for 2010 CRC baseline report: 2007 Data exclude births with unknown birth weight and births less than 20 weeks gestation and less than 400 grams, and multiple births. Note: Currently available data on Indigenous status of infants is based solely on the Indigenous status of the mother. Disaggegation by Indigenous status is to be reported using a three-year rolling average due to small numbers. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | N[N].N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Health Conditions |
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Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Long-term Work is underway to include the Indigenous status of the baby in the National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC). |
Other issues caveats: | The level of under-identification in perinatal data has not been formally assessed. |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 12-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2011 Indigenous, Superseded 01/07/2012 See also National Healthcare Agreement: P01-Proportion of babies born with low birth weight, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011 |