Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have birthweight recorded, December 2020
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have birthweight recorded, December 2020 |
| METEOR identifier: | 739299 |
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| Description: | Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded at the primary health-care organisation. |
| Rationale: | Low birthweight (newborn babies weighing less than 2,500 grams) is associated with an increased risk of ill health and is related to a higher mortality within the first year of life. Low birthweight is a particular issue for Indigenous Australians. Recording birthweight encourages the provision of appropriate care to limit the negative associations of low birthweight. |
| Indicator set: | Indigenous-specific primary health care national key performance indicators December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded at the primary health-care organisation. Presented as a percentage. Birthweight is defined as the first weight of a baby obtained after birth. Only live births are included. Results arising from measurements conducted outside of the organisation that are known by the organisation are included in the calculation of this indicator. 'Previous 12 months' refers to the previous financial year or previous calendar year. |
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| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded at the primary health-care organisation. |
| Numerator data elements: | |
| Denominator: | Total number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who had a medical record at the primary health-care organisation. |
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| Comments: | Census date for reporting is 31 December 2020. |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Percentage |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
| Format: | N[NN].N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Health Conditions |
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. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded, June 2020
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