Enhanced reporting of deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples using linked administrative health datasets

Table 1 Deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by method of reporting and demographic characteristics, New South Wales Australia 2007

Demographic characteristics		Reporting method
		As reported	Enhanced reporting
		As reported	Algorithm^a		At least 1 report
		No.	No.	Increase%^b	No.	Increase%^b
Age (years)	0	38	45	18.4	50	31.6
	1- 4	6	7	16.7	8	33.3
	5 - 9	1	1	0.0	1	0.0
	10 - 14	2	4	100.0	5	150.0
	15 - 19	3	4	33.3	4	33.3
	20 - 24	6	9	50.0	9	50.0
	25 - 29	7	11	57.1	11	57.1
	30 - 34	16	21	31.3	22	37.5
	35 - 39	20	25	25.0	30	50.0
	40 - 44	36	46	27.8	49	36.1
	45 - 49	50	62	24.0	66	32.0
	50 - 54	47	60	27.7	64	36.2
	55 - 59	45	57	26.7	64	42.2
	60 - 64	65	80	23.1	89	36.9
	65 - 69	59	78	32.2	90	52.5
	70 - 74	55	73	32.7	83	50.9
	75 - 79	38	58	52.6	77	102.6
	80 - 84	29	47	62.1	65	124.1
	85 +	57	92	61.4	121	112.3
Sex	Male	311	420	35.0	486	56.3
	Female	269	360	33.8	422	56.9
Geographic remoteness (ARIA+)^c	Major Cities	171	247	44.4	293	71.3
	Inner Regional	190	255	34.2	304	60.0
	Outer Regional	137	178	29.9	203	48.2
	Remote	47	55	17.0	60	27.7
	Very Remote	23	26	13.0	28	21.7
Cause of death	Cancer^d	128	188	46.9	227	77.3
	Cardiovascular diseases^e	181	234	29.3	273	50.8
	External causes^f	56	73	30.4	85	51.8
Total^g		580	780	34.5	908	56.6

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics death data linked with records of the NSW Admitted Patient Data, NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, NSW Perinatal Data Collection and Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages birth registration data.
^aFor 3 or more linked units of information 2 are required to report an individual as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, otherwise 1 is sufficient.
^bDifference between the number of enhanced deaths and the “As-reported” deaths as a percentage of the “As-reported” number of deaths.
^cAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia—ARIA Plus ¹².
^dCancer cause of death codes ICD-10: C00-C97.
^eCardiovascular diseases cause of death codes ICD-10: I00-I99.
^fExternal causes of death codes ICD-10: V01-Y98.
^gTotal includes records with missing information on demographic characteristics.

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