Hunter New England and Central Coast (HNECC) PHN acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land we walk upon today and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this vast region.

Aboriginal Nations within the HNECC region include;

• Anaiwan and Nganyaywana

• Awabakal

• Biripi

• Darkinjung

• Geawegal

• Kamilaroi

• Kuring-gai

• Ngarabai

• Wonnaru

• Worimi

5%

SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY

AT LEAST ONE ANTENATAL VISIT IN 1ST TRIMESTER

ABORIGINAL NON-INDIGENOUS

LOW BIRTH-WEIGHT BABIES

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Women 2007-2011

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Women 2007-2011

All Women 2009-2011

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Women 2007-2011

All Women 2009-2011

All Women 2009-2011

CENTRAL COAST

42%AUSTRALIA

51.7%48.9%HUNTER

55.1%NEW ENGLAND

CENTRAL COAST

73.5%AUSTRALIA

50.3%64.2%HUNTER

66.6%NEW ENGLAND

CENTRAL COAST

83%AUSTRALIA

67.2%77.1%HUNTER

81.2%NEW ENGLAND

CENTRAL COAST

9.9%AUSTRALIA

11%10.3%HUNTER

11.5%NEW ENGLAND

CENTRAL COAST

15.8%AUSTRALIA

13.9%16.9%HUNTER

22.7%NEW ENGLAND

CENTRAL COAST

4.9%AUSTRALIA

4.8%4.7%HUNTER

5.6%NEW ENGLAND

eye diseases and vision problems (33%)

respiratory diseases (31%)

musculoskeletal diseases (20%)

ear diseases and hearing problems (12%)

Aboriginal people are 2.7 times more likely to suffer from psychological distress, at a rate of 30%.

The Aboriginal Suicide rate is almost twice the rate for non-Indigenous Australians and accounts for 4.8% of all deaths.

70.5 YRSMALES

74.6 YRSFEMALES

79.8 YRSMALES

83.1 YRSFEMALES

1 yrs

5 yrs

2 yrs

92.4%

95.7%

89.9%

93.1%

94.8%

91.3%

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fully immunised

All children fully immunised

Most common mental health problems managed by GPs for Aboriginal patients: • Depression (3.1% of all

problems managed) • Anxiety (1.2%) • Tobacco abuse (1.1%) • Alcohol abuse (1.0%).

The most common long-term health conditions are:

(60,862) IDENTIFY AS ABORIGINAL AND/OR

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMPARED WITH 3%

NATIONALLY

Over 1.2 Million people live in our region,

The Aboriginal population of our region has a YOUNGER AGE STRUCTURE than the non-Indigenous population, LOTS MORE CHILDREN COMPARED TO ADULTS

The LGAs with the highest proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people include Moree Plains, Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains, Narrabri and Guyra.

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POPULATION BY LGA

IMMUNISATION IN OUR REGION 2014-15

CHRONIC ILLNESS IN AUSTRALIA

CHILD AND MATERNAL HEALTH

MENTAL HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA

LIFE EXPECTANCY IN AUSTRALIA

AGE PROFILE OF OUR REGION

HUNTER NEW ENGLANDAND CENTRAL COAST

An Australian Government Initiative

Aboriginal Health Profile 2016HUNTER NEW ENGLAND AND CENTRAL COAST PHN

LGA %

Armidale Dumaresq 7.8

Cessnock 5.7

Dungog 3.8

Glen Innes Severn 6.7

Gloucester 5.4

Gosford 2.7

Great Lakes 4.6

Greater Taree 6.4

Gunnedah 13.3

Guyra 8

Gwydir 4.5

Inverell 8.4

Lake Macquarie 3.5

Liverpool Plains 12.8

Maitland 4.1

Moree Plains 24.7

Muswellbrook 6.4

Narrabri 13

Newcastle 3.2

Port Stephens 4.3

Singleton 4.6

LGA %

Tamworth Regional 10

Tenterfield 7.6

Upper Hunter Shire 4.7

Uralla 7.1

Walcha 8.2

Wyong 4.4

Aboriginal people reported at least 1 long-term health condition, with 33% reporting 3 or more

67%

Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people experience higher rates of chronic disease:

Cardiovascular disease 1.2 x greaterCirculatory disease 2.0 x greaterDiabetes 3 x greaterRenal disease 6.6 x greaterAsthma 1.8 x greaterBlindness 7.4 x greaterTuberculosis 11.3 x greaterHepatitis C 7.8 x greater

NEWCASTLEMAITLAND

LAKE MACQUARIE

CESSNOCK

SINGLETON

PORT STEPHENS

GREAT LAKESDUNGOG

UPPER HUNTERGLOUCESTER

GREATER TAREE

LIVERPOOL PLAINS

TAMWORTH REGIONAL

WALCHA

GUNNEDAH

NARRABRI

URALLA

GUYRA

GWYDIRMOREE PLAINS

INVERELL

TENTERFIELD

ARMIDALEDUMARESQ

GLEN INNESSEVERN

GOSFORD

WYONG

MUSWELLBROOK

3574218

1291

597

533

442

1737

17235942

259

992

682270

3124

1666340

4586

6940

7089

50723078

2949

3178

1043

1083

1922

532

 

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Australian Bureau of statistics (ABS) (2013). Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2011. Retrieved from http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3238.0.55.001

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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2015). Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.healthinfonet.edu.edu.au/health-facts/summary

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Unemployment rate (21%) for Aboriginal people aged 15 to

64 was 4.2 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE RATE FOR NON-

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Aboriginal people have relatively LOW AVERAGE

WEEKLY INCOMES and are under-represented in the highest income bracket

IN 2011- ALMOST 24,700 ABORIGINAL HOUSEHOLDS

were considered to be OVERCROWDED 12.9% of

Aboriginal households were overcrowded compared to 3.4% of other households

IN 2011- 1 IN 20 (28%) ABORIGINAL PEOPLE were EXPERIENCING

HOMELESSNESS

1 IN 4 ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS aged 15years

+ had been a VICTIM OF PHYSICAL/THREATENED

VIOLENCE- hospitalisations for assault among Indigenous people was 14 times as high as for non-Indigenous people

7% OF ABORIGINAL ADULTS reported avoiding seeking

health care because they had been TREATED UNFAIRLY BY DOCTORS, NURSES OR

OTHER STAFF AT HOSPITALS OR DOCTOR SURGERIES.

54% of Aboriginal people eat the RECOMMENDED

AMOUNT OF FRUIT

8% of Aboriginal people eat the RECOMMENDED

AMOUNT OF VEGETABLES

47% of Aboriginal people undertake the

RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

66% of Aboriginal people ARE OVERWEIGHT

OR OBESE

44% of Aboriginal people SMOKE TOBACCO, WHICH

IS TWO AND A HALF TIMES THAT OF THE NON-INDIGENOUS POPULATION

23% of Aboriginal people DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL,

which is 1.6 TIMES GREATER THAN THE NON-INDIGENOUS

population

For more information please visit

www.hneccphn.com.au

HOSPITALISATION IN OUR REGION

Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, 2016

HOSPITALISATION IN OUR REGION

Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, 2016

ABORIGINAL WOMEN HAVE A

LOWER BREAST SCREENING

PARTICIPATION RATE (36.3%),

compared to all women (50.9%)

in NSW and within our region.

Hospitalisations by cause

Hospitalisations by year

Aboriginal Health Profile 2016HUNTER NEW ENGLAND AND CENTRAL COAST PHN

HUNTER NEW ENGLANDAND CENTRAL COAST

An Australian Government Initiative

THE HIGHEST CAUSE OF HOSPITALISATIONS FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IS DIALYSIS, where they are almost four times as likely to be hospitalised compared to non-Indigenous people.

HOSPITALISATIONS FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ARE INCREASING OVER TIME compared to non-Indigenous people which remain constant.

HOSPITALISATIONS IN OUR REGIONBREAST SCREENING IN OUR REGION

FACTORS WHICH IMPACT ON HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA

HEALTH RISK FACTORS IN AUSTRALIA

SOURCES

HEA

LT

H PROTECTING FACTO

RS

SELF

Connection to land

Connection to culture

Connection to

spirituality

Connection to

ancestry

KinshipSelf-determination

Community Governance

Cultural continuity

IMP

RO

VIN

G ACCESS TO HEALTH SER

VIC

ES

Having Aboriginal Health Workers on staff

Increasing the number of Aboriginal people working in health

Designing health promotion campaigns for Aboriginal people

Having culturally competent non-Indigenous staff

Making key health services available in rural areas

Funding health services so they are affordable

HUNTER NEW ENGLANDAND CENTRAL COAST

An Australian Government Initiative