Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have birthweight recorded, December 2020
Indicator Attributes
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 |
| Registration status: | Indigenous, Superseded 03/07/2022 |
| 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. |
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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 | |
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Accountability attributes | |
| Reporting requirements: | Funding agreements between the Department of Health and the organisations funded under the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP). |
| Organisation responsible for providing data: | Indigenous-specific primary health care organisations or maternal and child health programs/services funded by the Department of Health under its Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP), referred to as funded organisations. |
| Accountability: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare/Department of Health. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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 Health, Retired 13/10/2021 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 |