Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have a birthweight result within specified categories, December 2020
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have a birthweight result within specified categories, December 2020 |
| METEOR identifier: | 739308 |
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| Description: | Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight results were categorised as one of the following:
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| Rationale: | Low birthweight (newborn babies weighing less than 2,500 grams) is associated with an increased risk of ill health and is related to 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 results were categorised as one of the following:
Presented as a percentage. Birthweight is defined as the first weight of a baby obtained after birth. Calculated separately for each weight range. Excludes multiple births and stillbirths. Births that are at least 20 weeks gestation or at least 400 grams birthweight are included. Excludes unknown birthweight and unknown gestational age. 'Previous 12 months' refers to the previous financial year or previous calendar year. |
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| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | Calculation A: Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight was recorded at the primary health-care organisation with a result categorised as low (less than 2,500 grams). Calculation B: Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight was recorded at the primary health-care organisation with a result categorised as normal (2,500 grams to less than 4,500 grams). Calculation C: Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight was recorded at the primary health-care organisation with a result categorised as high (4,500 grams and over). |
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| Denominator: | Calculation A, B and C: Total number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded 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: PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight results were low, normal or high, June 2020
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