Proportion of regular clients who are Indigenous, have Type II diabetes and who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded at the primary health care service within the previous 6 months AND proportion of regular clients who are Indigenous, have Type II diabetes and who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded at the primary health care service within the previous 12 months.

‘Regular client’ refers to a client of an Australian Government Department of Health-funded primary health care service (that is required to report against the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators) who has an active medical record; that is, a client who has attended the Department of Health-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years.

HbA1c: glycosylated haemoglobin.

Exclude Type I diabetes, secondary diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), previous GDM, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance.

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.

Calculated separately for 6 months and 12 months.

(Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100

Calculation A: Number of regular clients who are Indigenous, have Type II diabetes and who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded at the primary health care service within the previous 6 months.

Calculation B: Number of regular clients who are Indigenous, have Type II diabetes and who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded at the primary health care service within the previous 12 months.

Calculation A and B: Total number of regular clients who are Indigenous and have Type II diabetes.

1. Sex:
a) Male
b) Female

2. Age:
a) 0-4 years
b) 5-14 years
c) 15-24 years
d) 25-34 years
e) 35-44 years
f) 45-54 years
g) 55-64 years
h) 65 years and over

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Government Department of Health