Indigenous primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2012
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Output measure |
Short name: | PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2012 |
METEOR identifier: | 431539 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 22/02/2012 |
Description: | NOTE: THIS PERFORMANCE INDICATOR HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY ITS EQUIVALENT FOR 2013, WITHOUT BEING MADE A STANDARD. Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. |
Rationale: | Low birth weight (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 birth weight is a particular issue for Indigenous Australians. Recording birth weight encourages the provision of appropriate care to limit the negative associations of low birth weight. |
Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2012) Health, Superseded 23/02/2012 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Count of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. Birth weight 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 service, that are known by the service, are included in the calculation of this indicator. Presented as a number. 'Previous 12 months' refers to the previous financial year or previous calendar year. |
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Computation: | Numerator only. |
Numerator: | Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Count |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Health Conditions |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2013 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 |