National Health Performance Authority Healthy Communities: Infant and young child mortality rate, 2010–2012
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | Infant and young child (aged under 5 years) mortality rate, 2010–2012 |
| METEOR identifier: | 577612 |
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| Description: | Number of deaths among children aged less than 5 years per 1,000 live births. |
| Indicator set: | National Health Performance Authority: Healthy Communities: 2011– National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Population group age from: | Less than 1 year of age |
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| Population group age to: | Less than 5 years of age |
| Computation description: | Number of deaths among children who die before their fifth birthday per 1,000 live births |
| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 1,000 |
| Numerator: | Number of deaths among children aged less than 5 years |
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| Denominator: | Number of live births |
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| Disaggregation: | By Medicare Local catchment, which is derived from Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9), and by Medicare Local peer group. Medicare Locals plan and fund health services in communities across Australia. They help to ensure patients can access the care they need, particularly when a variety of health workers are involved in providing treatments. A Medicare Local catchment refers to the geographic area of a Medical Local (see Administrative health region—Medicare Local identifier, code AANNN) Medicare Local peer groups are the grouping of the 61 Medicare Locals into seven peer groups, which allows Medicare Locals to be compared to other Medicare Locals with similar characteristics, and to the average for their peer group (see Administrative health region—Medicare Local peer group, code N). This grouping was undertaken by the National Health Performance Authority using statistical cluster analysis of 2006 Census based socioeconomic status for each Medicare Local and, 2006 Census based Remoteness Area categories (ABS cat. no. 2039.0). Additional information on the average distance to the closest large city and major hospital (A1 public hospital peer group classification, 2010–11) contributed to the assignment of Medicare Locals to peer groups. Groupings were tested for face validity with a stakeholder group. The National Health Performance Authority has created 7 peer groups: Metro 1 to 3, Regional 1 and 2 and Rural 1 and 2. See Healthy Communities: Australians’ experiences with primary health care in 2010–11, Technical Supplement for more information. |
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Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Rate |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Life event (e.g. birth, death) |
| Format: | N[NN].N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Effectiveness |
Data source attributes | |
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Accountability attributes | |
| Reporting requirements: | National Health Performance Agreement-Performance and Accountability Framework |
| Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Accountability: | National Health Performance Authority |
| Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Long-term |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Health Performance Authority |
| Origin: | Healthy Communities |
| Reference documents: | National Health Performance Authority-Performance and Accountability Framework Healthy Communities: Child and maternal health in 2009–2012, Technical Supplement. Available from: http://www.myhealthycommunities.gov.au/Content/publications/downloads |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Administrative health region—Medicare Local identifier, code AANNN
See also Administrative health region—Medicare Local peer group, code N
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 07-Infant and young child mortality rate, 2014
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