Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI14a-Number of Indigenous regular clients aged 6 months and over who are immunised against influenza, December 2020
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Output measure |
| Short name: | PI14a-Number of Indigenous regular clients aged 6 months and over who are immunised against influenza, December 2020 |
| METEOR identifier: | 731851 |
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| Description: | Number of Indigenous regular clients aged 6 months and over who received an influenza vaccine within the previous 12 months. |
| Rationale: | Influenza is the most common vaccine-preventable disease in Australia. Although it can be a mild disease, it can also cause very serious illness in otherwise healthy people. It can require hospitalisation and can cause death. Rates of influenza are higher among Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous Australians. |
| Indicator set: | Indigenous-specific primary health care national key performance indicators December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Population group age from: | 6 months |
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| Population group age to: | 65 years and over |
| Computation description: | Count of Indigenous regular clients aged 6 months and over who received an influenza vaccine within the previous 12 months. Presented as a number. |
| Computation: | Numerator only |
| Numerator: | Number of Indigenous regular clients aged 6 months and over who received an influenza vaccine within the previous 12 months. |
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| Disaggregation: | Sex: 2. Age group: |
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| Comments: | Census date for reporting is 31 December 2020. |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Count |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
| Format: | N[N(6)] |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Effective/Appropriate/Efficient |
Data source attributes | |
| Data sources: | Indigenous-specific primary health care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) data collection Frequency 6 monthly Data custodian Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Government Department of Health. |
| Reference documents: | Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) 2018. Australian Immunisation Handbook. Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra. immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI14a-Number of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, June 2020
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