This indicator uses a number of different population group age lower bounds:
For infants: Less than 1 year of age
For children aged 1-4 years: 1 year of age
For children aged 0-4 years: Less than 1 year of age
Population group age to:
This indicator uses a number of different population group age upper bounds:
For infants: Less than 1 year of age
For children aged 1-4 years: Less than 5 years of age
For children aged 0-4 years: Less than 5 years of age
Computation:
Infants (<1 year old): 1,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator) Children (1–4 year olds): 100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator) Children (0–4 year olds): 100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Calculated separately for each of the three age groups, and for all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Presented as:
Number of deaths per 1,000 live births (infant)
Number of deaths per 100,000 population (child).
Numerator:
• Number of deaths among infants (aged < 1 year) • Number of deaths among children aged 1–4 years • Number of deaths among children aged 0–4 years
Numerator data elements:
Denominator:
• Number of live births; and • Population aged 1–4 years; and • Population aged 0–4 years
Denominator data elements:
Disaggregation:
2006–2008 and 2007–2009 — State and territory (total population)
2003–2007, 2004–2008 and 2005–2009 — State and territory, by Indigenous status
2007, 2008, 2009 — Nationally (infants and 0–4 years)
Disaggregations by individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
Disaggregation data elements:
Comments:
Because of small numbers of deaths each year data are presented in 3 (total population) or 5-year (Indigenous population) groupings (state and territory only).
Single year data will be reported for time series analysis (national level only for infant and child (0–4 years).
For further detailed analysis by Indigenous status see the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) report.
2003–2007 (updated for national total with only 5 jurisdictions), 2004–2008 and 2005–2009 (Indigenous status).
Single year data (2007, 2008, 2009) will be reported for time series analyses for total population (national level, and for infant and children 0–4 years only).
