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Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.4.1–Infant and young child mortality rate, 2019

Indicator Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termAHPF PI 3.4.1–Infant and young child mortality rate, 2019
METEOR identifier:Help on this term715307
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Description:Help on this term

Mortality rates for infants and children aged less than 5 years.

Indicator set:Help on this term
Australian Health Performance Framework, 2019

        Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework, 2019

        Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Collection and usage attributes

Computation:Help on this term

Infants (<1 year old): 1,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Children (0–4 year olds): 100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for each of the two 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).

Infant mortality rates: The rates for a single year use single year infant deaths for the numerator, and the number of single year live births for the denominator.

Child mortality rates: The rates for a single year use single year data for the numerator, and the number of single year population for the denominator.

Numerator:Help on this term
  • Number of deaths among infants (aged under 1).
  • Number of deaths among children (aged 0–4).
Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Person—age at death, NNNN

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Denominator:Help on this term
  • Number of live births (infant)
  • Population aged 0–4 years (child).
Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Person—projected Indigenous population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data SourceHelp on this term

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Census-based data plus administrative by-product data
Used for the denominator for the mortality rate for Indigenous children aged 0–4 years.

Data Element / Data Set

Birth—birth status, code N

Data SourceHelp on this term

ABS birth registration data

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data
Used as the main component of the denominator for infant and child mortality rate. Include live births only, i.e. value = 1.

Data Element / Data Set

Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data SourceHelp on this term

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Census based data plus administrative by-product data
Used for the denominator for the mortality rate for children aged 0–4 years.

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2008–2017—National, infants aged under 1.

2008–2017—National by sex, children aged 0–4.

2008–2017—State and territory by sex, infants aged under 1.

2008–2017—State and territory by sex, children aged 0–4.

2008–2017—National by Indigenous status and sex, infants aged under 1.

2008–2017—National by Indigenous status and sex, children aged 0–4.

2011–2017—Primary Health Network, infants aged under 1.

2011–2017—Primary Health Network, children aged 0–4.

2011–2017—National by remoteness areas (Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Remoteness Structure), infants aged under 1

2011–2017—National by remoteness areas (ASGS Remoteness Structure), children aged 0–4.

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—New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory.

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Person—age at death, NNNN

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—sex, code X

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Used for disaggregation by state/territory and remoteness

Data Element / Data Set

Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data
Used for disaggregations by state/territory, Primary Health Network and remoteness areas.

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2019 Australian Health Performance Framework reporting: 2017.

Single year data are reported for time series analysis.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termRate
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termLife event (e.g. birth, death)
Format:Help on this term

N[NN].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this term4. Deaths

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Frequency

Periodic

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

AIHW National Mortality Database

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data Source

ABS birth registration data

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Frequency

Quarterly

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this term

Australian Health Performance Framework

Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Accountability:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes Help on this term

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.4.1–Infant and young child mortality rate, 2020

        Health, Superseded 11/07/2023

See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.6–Potentially avoidable deaths, 2019

        Health, Superseded 01/12/2020

See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 07–Infant and young child mortality rate, 2020

        Health, Standard 13/03/2020

See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 07–Infant and young child mortality rate, 2021

        Health, Standard 03/07/2020

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