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Figure 10.1.3 Hospitalisation rates for selected diseases associated with poorenvironmental health, vulnerable age groups of Indigenouspeople, Queensland, WA, SA, and public hospitals in the NT a, bIndigenous people aged 0–14 years400320Intestinal infectious diseasesInfluenza and pneumoniaScabiesAcute upper respiratory infectionsPer 10 0002401608002001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05Indigenous people aged 65 years and older400320Intestinal infectious diseasesInfluenza and pneumoniaScabiesBacterial diseasePer 10 0002401608002001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05a Any diagnosis was used to select the infectious diseases (ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) codes A00-B99), principaldiagnosis was used to select the other conditions. b 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, Victoria, Tasmania and theACT were withheld by AIHW due to high rates of Indigenous under-identification (see chapter 2 and appendix4 for more information).Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database (unpublished); table 10A.1.2.10.10 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007

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