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• An estimated 8.5 per cent of Indigenous children had recurring skin infectionssuch as school sores or scabies. Children aged 4–11 years were the most likely tohave recurring skin infections. The prevalence was 17.6 per cent in extremelyisolated areas, more than twice the rate in all other areas.• An estimated 5.6 per cent of Indigenous children suffered from recurringgastrointestinal infections, with infection rates twice as high in extremelyisolated areas as in other areas. Prevalence decreased significantly after 12 yearsof age.• Some 18.1 per cent of Indigenous children had recurring ear infections. Olderchildren aged 12–17 years were significantly less likely to have recurring earinfections (13.6 per cent) than children aged 0–3 years (20.4 per cent) andchildren aged 4–11 years (19.9 per cent).• An estimated 9.7 per cent of Indigenous children reported more than one ofrecurring chest, skin, gastrointestinal and/or ear infections, with 6.9 per centsuffering from two types, 2.3 per cent suffering from three types and 0.5 per centsuffering from all four types. Significantly more children in areas of extremeisolation (17.9 per cent) had more than one type of recurring infection thanchildren in less isolated areas.• An estimated 16.3 per cent of children in households where their primary carerreported financial strain suffered from more than one type of recurring infection,which was significantly higher than the prevalence in households where theprimary carer could ‘save a bit now and again’ (8.4 per cent) or could ‘save alot’ (7.2 per cent). There was no association between the primary carer’seducational attainment and either recurring infections or ear infections.categories are a widely used version known as ARIA+, whereas the version used by Zubrick et al.(2004) is known as ARIA++, which has been designed to allow greater distinction betweenlocations that are all classified as very remote in the ABS ARIA+ version. The five ARIA++categories used by Zubrick et al. (2004) are called levels of relative isolation and comprise thecategories: none (Perth metropolitan area), low, moderate, high and extreme.5.10 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007