15 years

Count of regular clients who are Indigenous, aged 15 and over and whose smoking status has been recorded within the previous 24 months at the primary health-care service.

‘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.

Results arising from measurements conducted outside of the service, that are known by the service, are included in the calculation of this indicator.

Operationalisation of smoking status:

Where an Indigenous regular client’s tobacco smoking status does not have an assessment date assigned within the Patient Information Record System (PIRS), smoking status as recorded in the PIRS should be treated as current (i.e. as having been updated within the previous 24 months).

Presented as a number.

Numerator only.

Number of regular clients who are Indigenous, aged 15 and over and whose smoking status has been recorded within the previous 24 months at the primary health-care service.

1. Sex:
a) Male
b) Female

2. Age group:
a) 15–24 years
b) 25–34 years
c) 35–44 years
d) 45–54 years
e) 55–64 years
f) 65 years and over

This indicator covers a 24 month reporting period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021:

• Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20 covers the period 01/01/2020 to 30/06/2020
• Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21 covers the period 01/07/2020 to 30/06/2021
• Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2021–22 (to be released) will cover the period 01/07/2021 to 31/12/2021.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Government Department of Health