Table 5 Children whose carer is their birth mother: Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the WA Midwives’ Notification System compared with Indigenous status recorded in the 1993 WA Child Health Survey, Western Australia (a)
Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the Midwives’ Notification System | Indigenous status of mother as recorded in the 1993 WA Child Health Survey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | Non-Indigenous | Not stated | Total | |
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 22 | 25 | 2 | 49 |
Non-Indigenous | 9 | 1,685 | 85 | 1,779 |
Not stated | 0 | 26 | 3 | 29 |
Total | 31 | 1,736 | 90 | 1,857 |