Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples accounted for 28,877 (3.5%) of the 814,146 people in Hunter New England in 2001. With a total of 134,888 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in New South Wales, Hunter New England Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples therefore accounted for 21.4% of the total New South Wales Indigenous population. At 56%, the proportion of those less than 15 years of age was the same for both Hunter New England as for the rest of New South Wales. This substantially higher proportion compared with the predominantly non-Indigenous population of New South Wales is due to the relatively high fertility rates of the Indigenous population. In contrast, the proportion of the elderly among Hunter New England Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents was substantially lower at 10.9% compared with the New South Wales proportion of 14.9%. This deficit is in turn highly likely to be the result of the well documented excess mortality reflecting the poorer health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The dependency ratio is the number of people aged 0 to 14 years plus the number of people 65 years and older who are dependent on people of working age. The dependency ratio for the Hunter New England Indigenous population was a massive 0.82. This means that for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander every 100 persons of working age are responsible for 82 persons of school or retired age.
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The information presented in this report result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused datasets. These datasets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this report. As this report is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all datasets to Hunter New England Population Health.
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Hunter New England Population Health. Health in Hunter New England. Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2005. Available at:
http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HHNE/dem/dem_atsi_poppyr.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
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Hunter New England Health, with assistance from:
Centre for Epidemiology and Research,
NSW Health.
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Last updated:
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16 January 2006
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