Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy long and healthy lives
Target 1: Close the Gap in life expectancy within a generation, by 2031.
Indicators:
Drivers:
- All-cause mortality
- Leading causes of death (infant mortality, child mortality, and five-yearly age groups)
- Potential avoidable mortality rates
- Prevalence rates of health risk factors (smoking, alcohol and drug use, overweight and obese, dietary factors, physical activity)
- Rates of accessing/utilisation of health services (General Practitioner (GP) visits, health assessments (Medicare Benefit 715), chronic disease care items (Team Care arrangement and GP Management Plan))
Contextual information:
- Hospitalisation rates by leading causes
- Discharge against medical advice
- Burden of disease from socio-economic factors
Disaggregation:
- States/territories
- Remoteness areas
- Socio-economic status of the locality
- Gender
Data Development:
Explore options to measure and report:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy estimates by all states and territories; and at more frequent intervals
- a broader measure of access to services compared to need to include availability and distance travelled, affordability, client preferences and cultural safety
- burden of disease related to a broader range of health risk factors; and at more frequent intervals
- broader measures of wellbeing