Table 2.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children born since 1992 whose carer is their birth mother: Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the WA Register of Births compared with Indigenous status recorded in the WAACHS and Indigenous status recorded in the WA Midwives’ Notification System: weighted survey estimates, Western Australia (a) (b)
| Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the WA Register of Births |
Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the WAACHS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | Non-Indigenous | Not stated | Total | |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander |
8810 |
130 |
60 |
8990 |
| Non-Indigenous |
460 |
1700 |
30 |
2190 |
| Not stated |
2230 |
280 |
10 |
2520 |
| Total |
11500 |
2100 |
100 |
13700 |
| Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the WA Register of Births |
Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the WA Midwives’ Notification System |
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| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander |
Non-Indigenous |
Not stated |
Total |
|
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander |
8360 |
600 |
20 |
8990 |
| Non-Indigenous |
200 |
1900 |
90 |
2190 |
| Not stated |
2060 |
420 |
40 |
2520 |
| Total | 10630 | 2920 | 150 | 13700 |
(a) Estimates are rounded to 3 significant digits. Estimates may not sum to totals due to rounding.
(b) Estimates based on 2,286 WAACHS children who were born from 1992 onwards, whose primary carer was their mother and who were linked to their birth records.