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Figure 10.1.2 Age standardised hospitalisation rates for selected diseasesassociated with poor environmental health, Queensland, WA,SA, and public hospitals in the NT a, bIndigenous people (all age groups)2002001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05160Per 10 00012080400IntestinalinfectiousdiseasesBacterialdiseaseScabiesInfluenza andpneumoniaAsthmaNon-Indigenous people (all age groups)2002001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05160Per 10 00012080400IntestinalinfectiousdiseasesBacterialdiseaseScabiesInfluenza andpneumoniaAsthmaa Any diagnosis was used to select the infectious diseases (ICD-10-AM codes A00-B99), principal diagnosiswas used to select the other conditions. b Identification of Indigenous patients is incomplete and completenessvaries across jurisdictions. The AIHW has advised that only data for Queensland, WA, SA and the NT areconsidered to be acceptable for analytical purposes. Data for NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT werewithheld by AIHW due to high rates of Indigenous under-identification (see chapter 2 and appendix 4 for moreinformation).Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database (unpublished); table 10A.1.2.In those jurisdictions for which data were available:• Figure 10.1.2 shows that hospitalisation rates for selected diseases associatedwith poor environmental health were much higher for Indigenous people than10.8 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007

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