National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02-Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses, 2012
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Progress measure |
Short name: | PI 02-Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses, 2012 |
METEOR identifier: | 435959 |
Registration status: | Health, Retired 25/06/2013 |
Description: | Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses |
Indicator set: | National Healthcare Agreement (2012) Health, Superseded 25/06/2013 |
Outcome area: | Prevention Health, Standard 07/07/2010 |
Data quality statement: | National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02-Incidence of sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses, 2012 QS Health, Retired 14/01/2015 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | The current case definitions for these infections, including any historical edits, are available at: https://www.health.gov.au/casedefinitions. Syphilis data limited to notifications of less than 2 years duration and includes notifications of congenital syphilis. HIV data contains notifications of newly diagnosed HIV infection and includes HIV infections known to have been acquired within 12 months prior to diagnosis. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C data contains notifications of newly diagnosed infections, including cases known to have been acquired within 24 months prior to diagnosis. Chlamydia and gonococcal notifications may include cases that are not sexually acquired, especially in the 0-4 year age group. Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population. Analysis by state and territory, remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person. Presented per 100,000 population. |
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Computation: | 100,000 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator) Calculated separately for each type of infection |
Numerator: | Number of notifications of new diagnoses of syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, chlamydia and gonococcal infection. |
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Denominator: | Total population |
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Disaggregation: | 2010—Nationally (by each type of infection) by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles 2008 (revised WA chlamydia data), and 2010—State and territory, by each type of infection, by:
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. |
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Comments: | Most recent data available for 2012 CRC report: 2010 (calendar year data). |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Rate |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | N[NN].N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Health conditions |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | National Healthcare Agreement |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Department of Health and Ageing |
Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Long-term |
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Related metadata references: | Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02-Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.3–Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses, 2020 Health, Superseded 07/09/2023 See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.3–Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses, 2021 Health, Standard 07/09/2023 |