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2-9. Childhood developmental health checks
2-9-1. Childhood developmental health checks
2-9-2. Aboriginal childhood developmental health checks
Introduction
Fourth year developmental health assessments are available to children under the Australian Government's Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS)...
2-9-1. Childhood developmental health checks
- In 2014-15, well over half (57.8%) of South Australian children in the target population had received a fourth year developmental health check ("Healthy Kids Check").1
- Over the last four years of comparable data, South Australia's rate has been increasing, and now sits slightly above the national average of 57.6%.1
- Of the states and territories, South Australia ranks third highest for proportion of children in the target cohort who received a fourth year developmental Health Kids Check.1
Region | % of target popn. |
Metropolitan Adelaide | n.a. |
Country SA | n.a. |
South Australia | 57.8% |
Australia | 57.6% |
Data source: Productivity Commission 2016
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State/Territory | % of target popn. |
Victoria | 28.2% |
Northern Territory | 34.8% |
Aust. Capital Territory | 48.9% |
Western Australia | 52.1% |
Tasmania | 57.2% |
South Australia | 57.8% |
New South Wales | 70.7% |
Queensland | 78.1% |
Australia | 57.6% |
Data source: Productivity Commission 2016
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2-9-2. Aboriginal childhood developmental health checks
- In 2014-15, over half (55.9%) of Aboriginal children in South Australia in the target cohort had received a fourth year developmental health check ("Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Health Check").1
- Over the last four years of comparable data, South Australia's rate has been increasing, but is still well below the national average rate (80.9%).1
- South Australia is ranked third lowest of the states and territories for proportion of Aboriginal children in the target cohort receiving fourth year developmental Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Health Checks.1
Region | % of target popn. |
Metropolitan Adelaide | n.a. |
Country SA | n.a. |
South Australia | 55.9% |
Australia | 80.9% |
Data source: Productivity Commission 2016
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State/Territory | % of target popn. |
Tasmania | 13.8% |
Victoria | 52.3% |
South Australia | 55.9% |
Aust. Capital Territory | 62.7% |
Western Australia | 71.9% |
New South Wales | 73.5% |
Queensland | 100.1%* |
Northern Territory | 124.8%* |
Australia | 80.9% |
Data source: Productivity Commission 2016
* For Queensland and the Northern Territory in 2014-15, data for the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who received a health check exceeds 100 per cent...
Sources
- Based on Productivity Commission 2016, 'Volume E: Health, Chapter 10, Primary and community health, Attachment tables, Table 10A.34 Proportion of children receiving a fourth year developmental health check, by type of health check (per cent),' Report on Government Services 2016, Government of Australia, Canberra, viewed 10 March 2016.
