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Hospitalisations of First Nations children

Measure: Decrease in rates of hospitalisation for family violence assaults for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

  • Baseline value

    30per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–14)

  • Latest value

    30per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–14) in 2022–23

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Interpretation Time series State and territory Related material More information Related measures

Interpretation

A low or decreasing rate of family violence hospitalisations is desirable. However, an increase in the rate may indicate an increase in the reporting and/or recording of a perpetrator to hospital staff.

Baseline: 2022–23.

Indicator: Increase in the number of children who are safe.

Long-term outcome: National Agreement on Closing the Gap Outcome 13: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe.

Data source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database.

Source: DSS 2023, 2024.

For information about how this measure is derived, please refer to the Technical specifications for National Plan Outcomes.

Additional National Plan Outcomes data are available from the Data downloads page.

Time series

Family violence assault hospitalisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–14 years, 2018–19 to 2022–23

Unit

State and territory

Family violence assault hospitalisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–14 years, by jurisdiction, 2021–22 and 2022–23 (Number per 100,000)

n.p.: not published.

More information

Closing the Gap targets and outcomes

Related measures

See the related National Plan Outcomes measures:

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