Table 1.
Key characteristics by age and geographic location in Indigenous children aged 6–59 months
| Total | Age (months) | Geographic location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–11 | 12–23 | 24–59 | Remote | Rural | Urban | ||
| Total | 2287 | 430 (18.8%) | 532 (23.3%) | 1325 (57.9%) | 1861 (81.4%) | 346 (15.1%) | 80 (3.5%) |
| Health Service Characteristics | |||||||
| Governance | |||||||
| Aboriginal community controlled health service | 528 (23.1%) | 88 (20.5%) | 118 (22.2%) | 322 (24.3%) | 293 (15.7%) | 208 (60.1%) | 27 (33.8%) |
| Government health service | 1759 (76.9%) | 342 (79.5%) | 414 (77.8%) | 1003 (75.7%) | 1568 (84.3%) | 138 (39.9%) | 53 (66.3%) |
| Health service provider who first saw the child | |||||||
| Indigenous health worker | 318 (13.9%) | 49 (11.4%) | 67 (12.6%) | 202 (15.2%) | 205 (11%) | 91 (26.3%) | 22 (27.5%) |
| Nurse | 1584 (69.3%) | 321 (74.7%) | 381 (71.6%) | 882 (66.6%) | 1385 (74.4%) | 159 (46%) | 40 (50%) |
| GP | 259 (11.3%) | 50 (11.6%) | 60 (11.3%) | 149 (11.3%) | 157 (8.4%) | 85 (24.6%) | 17 (21.3%) |
| Other | 109 (4.8%) | 8 (1.9%) | 20 (3.8%) | 81 (6.1%) | 98 (5.3%) | 10 (2.9%) | 1 (1.3%) |
| Missing | 17 (0.7%) | 2 (0.5%) | 4 (0.8%) | 11 (0.8%) | 16 (0.9%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) |
| Year of data collection | |||||||
| 2012 | 448 (19.6%) | 87 (20.2%) | 107 (20.1%) | 254 (19.2%) | 284 (15.3%) | 144 (41.6%) | 20 (25%) |
| 2013 | 1251 (54.7%) | 230 (53.5%) | 276 (51.9%) | 745 (56.2%) | 1095 (58.8%) | 156 (45.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| 2014 | 588 (25.7%) | 113 (26.3%) | 149 (28%) | 326 (24.6%) | 482 (25.9%) | 46 (13.3%) | 60 (75%) |
| Population size | |||||||
| ≤ 500 | 816 (35.7%) | 105 (24.4%) | 196 (36.8%) | 515 (38.9%) | 802 (43.1%) | 14 (4.0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 501–999 | 458 (20%) | 73 (17%) | 101 (19%) | 284 (21.4%) | 410 (22%) | 39 (11.3%) | 9 (11.3%) |
| ≥ 1000 | 1013 (44.3%) | 252 (58.6%) | 235 (44.2%) | 526 (39.7%) | 649 (34.9%) | 293 (84.7%) | 71 (88.8%) |
| Child characteristics | |||||||
| Sex of child | |||||||
| Male | 1156 (50.5%) | 217 (50.7%) | 272 (51.1%) | 667 (50.3%) | 941 (50.6%) | 175 (50.6%) | 40 (50%) |
| Female | 1131 (49.5%) | 213 (49.5%) | 260 (48.9%) | 658 (49.7%) | 920 (49.4%) | 171 (49.4%) | 40 (50%) |
| Type of child health check completed in the last 12 months | |||||||
| MBS 715 | 928 (40.6%) | 175 (40.7%) | 229 (43%) | 524 (39.6%) | 928 (40.6%) | 781 (42%) | 117 (33.8%) |
| Other child health check | 587 (25.7%) | 120 (27.9%) | 147 (27.6%) | 320 (24.2%) | 587 (25.7%) | 462 (24.8%) | 111 (32.1%) |
| Not known / not recorded | 772 (33.8%) | 135 (31.4%) | 156 (29.3%) | 481 (36.3%) | 772 (33.8%) | 618 (33.2%) | 118 (34.1%) |
| Reason for last clinic attendance | |||||||
| Acute care | 1145 (50.1%) | 210 (48.8%) | 271 (50.9%) | 664 (50.1%) | 1145 (50.1%) | 945 (50.8%) | 163 (47.1%) |
| Immunisation | 324 (14.2%) | 80 (18.6%) | 87 (16.4%) | 157 (11.8%) | 324 (14.2%) | 233 (12.5%) | 73 (21.1%) |
| Child health check | 515 (22.52%) | 93 (21.63%) | 112 (21.05%) | 310 (23.4%) | 515 (22.52%) | 418 (22.46%) | 80 (23.12%) |
| Other | 303 (13.2%) | 47 (10.9%) | 62 (11.7%) | 194 (14.6%) | 303 (13.2%) | 265 (14.2%) | 30 (8.7%) |
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