On this page:
- Epidemiology
- Mothers and babies
- Population surveys
- Mortality
- General population health
- NT Cancer Registry
- Health Economics
- Demography
- Factsheets
Epidemiology
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| Title | Published | Description | ePublication |
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Mothers and babies | |||
Mothers and Babies 2005: Northern Territory Midwives Collection | 2009 | This report summarises data from the 2005 Northern Territory (NT) Midwives' Collection. It includes population characteristics of mothers, maternal health status, antenatal information, conditions and procedures used in labour and childbirth as well as birth outcomes of all births that occurred in 2005. While the NT Midwives' Collection contains information on both NT resident and interstate residents who gave birth in the NT, the focus of this report is NT residents who gave birth in the NT. | |
| Mothers and Babies 2004: Northern Territory Midwives Collection | 2009 | This report summarises data from the 2004 Northern Territory (NT) Midwives' Collection. It includes population characteristics of mothers, maternal health status, antenatal information, conditions and procedures used in labour and childbirth as well as birth outcomes of all births that occurred in 2004. While the NT Midwives' Collection contains information on both NT resident and interstate residents who gave birth in the NT, the focus of this report is NT residents who gave birth in the NT. | Full Details |
| Mothers and Babies 2003: Northern Territory Midwives Collection | 2009 | This report summarises data from the 2003 Northern Territory (NT) Midwives' Collection. It includes population characteristics of mothers, maternal health status, antenatal information, conditions and procedures used in labour and childbirth as well as birth outcomes of all births that occurred in 2003. While the NT Midwives' Collection contains information on both NT resident and interstate residents who gave birth in the NT, the focus of this report is NT residents who gave birth in the NT. | Full Details |
| Mothers and babies 2000-2002 - a report for the Northern Territory Perinatal Information Management Group | 2005 | This report presents information on the health of mothers and their babies for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002. This information will assist policy makers and health planners to provide better services for the community. In addition, the report will provide feedback to midwives, Indigenous Health Workers, community health nurses and medical practitioners involved in maternal and child health. | Full details |
| image: "." Mothers and Babies Report 1999 - a report of the Northern Territory Perinatal Information Management Group | 2002 | Mothers and Babies Report 1999: A report of the Northern Territory Perinatal Information Management Group The main purposes of the information collected is to inform and encourage community discussion regarding the health of the women who give birth as well as that of their babies, to enable evidence-based optimal clinical management, and to assist in the evaluation of the impact of programs aimed at improving the health and welfare of mothers and babies in the Northern Territory. | Full details |
Trends in the health of mothers and babies, Northern Territory | various | The main purposes of the information collected is to inform and encourage community discussion regarding the health of the women who give birth as well as that of their babies, to enable evidence-based optimal clinical management, and to assist in the evaluation of the impact of programs aimed at improving the health and welfare of mothers and babies in the Northern Territory. | Full details |
Population surveys | |||
| Growing up in the Territory: social-emotional wellbeing and learning outcomes | 2006 | This report focuses on the measurement of social-emotional wellbeing and learning outcomes by connecting information from teachers about individual school children with information from parents collected during a detailed telephone survey. This report will inform practice and policy development in health, community and education services for children. | Full details |
| Growing up in the Territory: parent survey | 2006 | This report, Growing up in the Territory: Parent Survey, provides an invaluable picture of young children in the Northern Territory. It is the first time that a snapshot has been taken in this way of various aspects of Territory Children's health and wellbeing and it represents a further step in improving the availability of information to guide action in their interests. | Full details |
| Northern Territory physical activity survey 2003 - non-indigenous population | 2004 | This survey was undertaken by the Department of Health and Community Services (DHCS), in partnership with the National Heart Foundation (NT Division). Its primary aim was to measure levels of physical activity undertaken by residents of the Northern Territory aged between 18 and 54 years. The survey also gathered information on Territorians' knowledge and attitude in relation to current recommendations for participation in physical activity. | Full details |
| Northern Territory health and wellbeing survey: non-indigenous population, December 2000 | 2000 | The Northern Territory Health and Wellbeing Survey was conducted in December 2000 by the Department of Health and Community Services. It is the first large-scale population health survey in the Northern Territory to provide statistically robust information on the residents of metropolitan, rural and remote regions. Information on a range of health related topics was collected by telephone from 2,498 residents aged 18 years and over from metropolitan, rural and remote areas. The information provided by the respondents will assist the Department in developing and refining policies and programs aimed at improving the health of the population. | Full details |
Mortality | |||
| Suicide in the Northern Territory 1981-2002 | 2005 | The key purpose of this report is to assess the magnitude of suicide deaths among Territorians. Information on the demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors associated with suicide has been used to identify population groups most at risk. The report also includes information on attempted suicide by analysing available data on clients admitted to public hospitals with a diagnosis of intentional self-harm. | Full details |
| Mortality in the Northern Territory 1981-2000 - part 1: Key indicators & overview | 2004 | This report is the first volume in the Mortality in the Northern Territory 1981-2000 series, and provides an overview of information on Northern Territory (NT) deaths for the years 1981 to 2000. It provides detailed statistics for deaths from all causes, and for each of the major International Classification of Disease (ICD) chapters. Age-adjusted death rate, age-specific death rate and life expectancy are used to describe and compare health status within the Northern Territory population. Australian data is provided for comparison, where appropriate. The two subsequent volumes of this series provide disease specific causes of death including analysis of associated and underlying causes of death. | Full details |
| Adult morbidity and mortality due to tobacco smoking in the Northern Territory, 1986"1995 | 1998 | The Northern Territory has the highest smoking rates of any state or territory in Australia. This study aims to quantify the effect of smoking on mortality and hospital morbidity among residents of the Northern Territory for the period 1986-1995. | Full details |
General population health | |||
From infancy to young adulthood: health status in the Northern Territory | 2007 | This report provides an overview of the health and wellbeing of young people in the Northern Territory. It is the second in a series and like the previous report released in 1998, includes both health outcome indicators and information on key determinants of health and wellbeing. The availability of information has improved substantially over the past eight years, which has allowed the inclusion of new and expanded information. In this report there is a continued focus on the difference in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Territorians. In addition this second report is able to provide improved trend information so that current data can becompared with information in the first report. | Full details |
| The health of wellbeing of Northern Territory women: from the desert to the sea 2005 | 2005 | This report attempts to provide policy makers, researchers, health professionals and others, from a broad range of backgrounds, with a basis from which to better understand the issues confronting women's health and wellbeing in the NT. The report has been developed based on the best available information, and the data presented are believed to be the most complete and up to date available. While not definitive, this report provides a comprehensive and reliable picture of the health and wellbeing of NT women. It covers the population characteristics of NT women, the social environment in which they live, their pregnancy and childbirth experiences, information on health and health behaviour and available health services. | Full details |
| The health and welfare of Territorians | 2001 | This comprehensive publication follows a series which reported on health status in the NT: Health Indicators in the Northern Territory published in 1986 (Devanesen and others) and Northern Territory Health Outcomes, Morbidity and Mortality, 1979-91 published in 1995 (Plant and others). | Full details |
NT Cancer Registry
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| Title | Published | Description | ePublication |
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| Cancer incidence and mortality Northern Territory 1991-2005 | 2008 | In the Northern Territory (NT) the Northern Territory Cancer Registry (NTCR) collects data about NT residents who are either diagnosed with cancer or die from cancer. The NTCR analyses and reports the data to provide information for health service planning and delivery, as well as for informing the general public. In this report summary statistics are presented on all new cases of cancer diagnosed among NT residents during the 15-year period 1991-2005 and on all cancer deaths during the 13- year period 1991-2003. Equivalent summary statistics for the Australian population are included for comparative purposes. Additionally, for the first time graphical representation of trends in NT cancer incidence and mortality rates are provided for each cancer site. To allow comparison of incidence rates and deaths rates within the NT population and with the wider Australian population, the rates were adjusted for the increase in total populations and for the changing age profile within the populations. | Full details |
| image: "." Northern Territory cancer incidence and mortality by region 1991-2003 | 2007 | Report contains statistical data of Northern Territory cancer incidences and mortality between 1991-2003 in the regions of Darwin (urban and rural), Katherine, East Arnhem, Barkly and Alice Springs (urban and rural). Comparing statistics for NT indigenous and NT non-indigenous people. | Full details |
| Cancer incidence and mortality, Northern Territory 1991-2001 | 2004 | This report presents summary statistics on cancer incidence and mortality for the population of the Northern Territory (NT) for the period 1991-2001. Incidence and mortality statistics are presented separately for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people because cancer incidence and mortality rates are very different for Indigenous compared with other Australians. Total Australian incidence and mortality rates for the period 1995-2000 are included for comparison. Incidence statistics include all cases of cancer diagnosed in residents of the NT, and notified to the Northern Territory Cancer Registry (NTCR), including cases diagnosed interstate which are notified to the NTCR by interstate cancer registries. Mortality statistics include all deaths of NT residents (in the NT or interstate) who died with cancer recorded as the underlying cause of death. | Full details |
| Northern Territory cancer register: data collection, analysis and reporting procedures | 2004 | This report describes the collection, analysis and reporting of data that is recorded in the Northern Territory Cancer Register. | Full details |
| Northern Territory Cancer Register data quality, 1981-2001 | 2004 | Indicators of completeness of case ascertainment and of data accuracy were assessed for the NTCR for cases diagnosed from 1981 (when the Registry commenced operation) to 2001. Data quality indicators were compared to indicators for other Australian cancer registries. Where possible, data quality was assessed separately for cancer registrations for indigenous and non-indigenous people. Several notification sources were re-screened to identify cases that had not been previously notified. | Full details |
| Cancer survival, Northern Territory, 1991-2001 | 2001 | This report describes cancer incidence and mortality across the seven health districts of the Northern Territory. For non-Indigenous Territorians, cancer incidence and mortality does not vary much between the NT districts, with the exception of East Arnhem District where both all-cancer incidence and all-cancer mortality rates are less than national rates. In other districts there are smaller differences between NT non-Indigenous and total Australian all-cancer incidence and mortality rates, and the confidence intervals for district rates include the total Australian rate, indicating that these differences may be due to chance variation in the small number of cancers diagnosed in the NT's small district populations. | Full details |
Health Economics
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| Title | Published | Description | ePublication |
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| Atttracting and Keeping Nursing Professionals in an Environment of Chronic Labour Shortage | 2008 | Attracting and keeping nursing professionals in an environment of chronic labour shortage: a study of mobility among nurses and midwives in the Northern Territory of Australia | Full Details |
| image: "." Cost Estimates of Primary Health Care Activities for Remote AboriginalCommunities in the Northern Territory | 2006 | This study presents estimates of the cost of providing primary health care to remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for a number of common conditions. These conditions are the metabolic syndrome related diseases (hypertension, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and renal disease), chronic lung disease, well children under five years of age, and antenatal care. The aim of the project was to inform the development of proposed Medicare items that will improve access for Aboriginal populations in remote areas to mainstream primary health care funding. | Full details |
| Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme usage patterns in the Northern Territory, 1993/94 to 2003/04 | 2005 | This study provides a comprehensive comparison of the Medicare and PBS utilisation levels in the Northern Territory compared to the other States/Territories for the eleven years from 1993/94 to 2003/04. The Medicare and PBS services, payments and expenditure data were obtained mainly from the Health Insurance Commission and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing either via accessing on-line datacubes or by special requests. The estimated resident populations are from Australian Bureau of Statistics reports. Direct and indirect age standardisation methods were applied as part of the statistical analyses. | Full details |
| Mortality, morbidity & health care costs of injury in the Northern Territory, 1991- 2001 | 2005 | This report is the first full report on injury in the NT and provides a comprehensive summary of injury across the dimensions of mortality, public hospital admissions, presentations in Emergency Departments and importantly in the NT, interstate hospital transfers for the treatment of injury. The report also provides estimates for the health care costs of injury in the Northern Territory. | Full details |
Demography
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| Title | Published | Description | ePublication |
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| Validation of patient demographic data, Northern Territory hospitals | 2008 | Accurate recording and updating of administrative data for hospital inpatients is critical to the management of hospitals, statistical reporting and the planning of future policy and funding. For this study the validation of demographic information in the NT hospital dataset was done by comparing demographic information contained in the hospital dataset to information obtained through face-to-face interviews from a sample of inpatients. The study found high levels of agreement between the hospital dataset and interview dataset for all variables; sex (99%), Indigenous status (97%), country of birth (98%), year of birth (94%), date of birth (90%) and NT health district of residence (88%). A comparison between a 1997 study and 2008 levels of observed agreement shows improvements for all variables, with the exception of sex which remained unchanged. | Full Details |
| image: "." Population estimates for indigenous health zones in the Northern Territory | 2007 | This report records the results of an NT Department of Health and Community Services project, supported by ABS, which updates and enhances existing population estimates for Health Zones. The methodology utilised in this project has been developed in consultations with representatives from NT Aboriginal Health Forum partners, however at the stage of printing, the methods and population estimates in this project have not been formally approved for use by the NT Aboriginal Health Forum. The report is required in order to plan, administer and assess the health benefits of the Primary Health Care Access Program, a joint Commonwealth and NT Government scheme to facilitate NT Aboriginal people's access to appropriate primary health care services. | Full details |
| Population data in the Northern Territory | 2006 | The purpose of this paper is to report on conceptual, methodological and reporting issues involved in the various population data types. This includes both Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and non-ABS sources. The appendices to this paper provide a comprehensive list of the most recent population data available to users. | Full details |
| Socio-economic indexes for areas (SEIFA) of administrative health districts and urban centres/localities in the Northern Territory | 2005 | This paper describes four summary measures, or indexes, derived from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing to measure different aspects of socio-economic conditions. These indexes are then applied to both the Department of Health and Community Services (DHCS) administrative health districts and to Urban Centres/Localities in the Northern Territory. The four SEIFA indexes are (ABS 2003): Index of Relative Socio-Economic disadvantage; Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage/Disadvantage; Index of Economic Resources; and Index of Education and Occupation. These indexes show where the affluent (as opposed to just high income earning) live; where disadvantaged (as opposed to the unemployed) live; and where the highly skilled and educated (as opposed to the tertiary educated people) live. | Full details |
| Northern Territory hospital morbidity dataset: validation of demographic data, 1997 | 1998 | A data quality audit was conducted in late 1997 in the five NT public hospitals. Patients were interviewed while they were in hospital by an interviewer independent of the hospital patient adminstration processes. The interviewer asked each patient their Indigenous status, sex, date of birth, marital status, place of residence and country of birth. Data obtained at interview were compared to the same data items in the hospital morbidity dataset. | Full details |
Factsheets
For further publications on the subject of Epidemiology, Health Gains or Health Economics, please search our ePublications repository or the Health Library Catalogue.
| Title | Published | Details | ePublication |
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| image: "." Mortality in the Northern Territory 1981-2004 | 2007 | This fact sheet updates selected mortality indicators for the Northern Territory by adding data from 2004 to previously published information. The analysis uses a compilation of annual Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) death datasets, and includes all deaths in Australia of NT residents, by year of death. Population estimates are based on ABS data from the 1996 and 2001 censuses. | Full details |
| Mortality in the Northern Territory | 2006 | This Fact Sheet provides an update on key indicators of mortality for the Northern Territory and adds new information from 2001, 2002 and 2003 to the previously published data. | Full details |
| Medicare and PBS usage in the Northern Territory | 2007 | This fact sheet provides updated information on Medicare and PBS usage in the NT as well as recent estimates of the cost of delivering primary care in remote NT communities. It makes the point that Medicare presently subsidises services that are delivered by general practitioners, which are absent in remote communities, where primary care services are delivered by remote area nurses and Aboriginal health workers whose services aren't eligible for Medicare benefits. | Full details |
| Smoking in the Northern Territory | 2006 | A compilation of the results of surveys and reports that deal with tobacco smoking in the Northern Territory. | Full details |