Indigenous primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2014
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2014 |
| METEOR identifier: | 504690 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 |
| Description: | Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. |
| Rationale: | Low birth weight (newborn babies weighing less than 2,500 grams) is associated with an increased risk of ill health and is related to a higher mortality within the first year of life. Low birth weight is a particular issue for Indigenous Australians. Recording birth weight encourages the provision of appropriate care to limit the negative associations of low birth weight. |
| Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2014) Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. Birth weight is defined as the first weight of a baby obtained after birth. Only live births are included. Results arising from measurements conducted outside of the service, that are known by the service, are included in the calculation of this indicator. Presented as a percentage. 'Previous 12 months' refers to the previous financial year or previous calendar year. |
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| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. |
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| Denominator: | Total number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who had a medical record at the primary health care service. |
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Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Percentage |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Health Conditions |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Department of Health |
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2013 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 See also Indigenous primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 |