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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
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Baseline value
30per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–14)
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Latest value
30per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–14) in 2022–23
Last updated:
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
Year | Number per 100,000 |
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2018–19 | 34.0 |
2019–20 | 45.7 |
2020–21 | 39.7 |
2021–22 | 31.4 |
2022–23 | 29.7 |
Year | Number |
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2018–19 | 95 |
2019–20 | 129 |
2020–21 | 113 |
2021–22 | 90 |
2022–23 | 86 |
For more information, see Data sources and technical notes.
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)
Jurisdiction | 2021–22 | 2022–23 (baseline) |
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NSW | 17.4 | 13.2 |
Vic | n.p. | n.p. |
Qld | 33.4 | 28.4 |
WA | 45.9 | 51.3 |
SA | n.p. | n.p. |
Tas | n.p. | n.p. |
ACT | n.p. | n.p. |
NT | 74.3 | 93.3 |
For more information, see Data sources and technical notes.
n.p.: not published.
Related material
See the related content in the AIHW Family, domestic and sexual violence website:
More information
Department of Social Services (DSS) (2023) Outcomes Framework 2023-2032, DSS, accessed 26 February 2024.
DSS (2024) Performance measurement plan, DSS, accessed 8 May 2024.
Related measures
See the related National Plan Outcomes measures:
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