Table 3.

Causes of Infant Death (Deaths per 1,000 live births) by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Status, Australia: Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, 2002–06

Cause of Death (ICD-10 codes)	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous	Rate Ratio
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)	5.7	2.1	2.7*
Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical findings n.e.c. (R00-R99)	2.7	0.5	5.7*
Sudden Infant death Syndrome (SIDS) (R95)	1.1	0.2	5.4*
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)	1.5	1	1.5*
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)	0.9	0.1	8.6*
External causes (injury & poisoning) (V01-Y99)	0.5	0.1	3.8*
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)	0.3	0.1	4.2*
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)	0.2	0.1	3.1*
Other conditionsa	0.5	0.3	1.8*
Total	12.3	4.2	2.9*

^*Represents results with statistically significant differences in the Indigenous/non-Indigenous comparisons at the p < 0.05 level.

^aOther conditions include: neoplasms (C00-D48); diseases of blood and blood-forming organs (D50-D89); endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89); mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99); diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99); diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59); diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95); diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93); diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissues M00-M99); diseases of the genitourinary system N00-N99); and diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99).

Note: Data are reported for Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory only. These four states and territories are considered to have adequate levels of Indigenous identification in mortality data. They do not represent a quasi-Australian figure.

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) analysis of National Mortality Database.