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• 47.2 per cent of Indigenous people reported that they had a lot of energy all ormost of the time (table 9A.4.13).Attachment tables 9A.4.9–16 show responses to the K10 and SF–36 Health Surveyquestions by State and Territory, by sex, by age groups and remoteness areas.Hospitalisations for mental and behavioural disordersThe availability of hospitalisation data for Indigenous people is significantlyreduced in the 2007 Report compared to previous Reports. AIHW analyses into thequality of Indigenous identification of hospital admitted patient statistics has shownthat while the quality is good in some jurisdictions, in other jurisdictions it is poor(AIHW 2005). Consequently, Indigenous hospitalisation data are only available forQueensland, WA, SA and the NT. Data from NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and theACT were considered to be of insufficient quality. Data issues, includinghospitalisations are discussed in chapter 2.Figure 9.4.3 Age standardised hospitalisations for mental and behaviouraldisorders, Qld, WA, SA, and public hospitals in the NTa, b, c, d25IndigenousNon-Indigenousper 1000 people201510502001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05a Hospitalisation is the discharge, transfer, death or change of episode of care of an admitted patient (seeglossary for a detailed definition). b Directly age standardised using the 2001 Australian population. c Thesedata are based on ICD–10–AM codes F00–F99. d Identification of Indigenous patients is incomplete andcompleteness varies across jurisdictions. The AIHW has advised that only data for Queensland, WA, SA andthe NT are considered to be acceptable for analytical purposes. Data for NSW, Vic, Tasmania and the ACTwere withheld by AIHW due to high rates of Indigenous under-identification (see chapter 2 and appendix 4 formore information).Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database (unpublished); tables 9A.4.18, 9A.4.24, 9A.4.30 and9A.4.36.• From 2001-02 to 2004-05, Indigenous people were hospitalised for mental andbehavioural disorders at a higher rate than non-Indigenous people (figure 9.4.3).FUNCTIONAL ANDRESILIENT FAMILIESAND COMMUNITIES