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Hospital admissions of Aborigines and non-Aborigines in Western Australia, 1977-1988. 1992

M Gracey, and M Dennison, and M Gracey, and V Burke

Aboriginal Health Policy Unit, Health Department of Western Australia.

Aborigines were admitted to hospital in Western Australia 2.8 times as frequently as other persons in 1977-1988. Their highest relative admission rates were in the 0-5 years age group, mostly for respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Relative admission rates (all ages) for some categories were: infectious and parasitic, 4 to 10-fold; respiratory, 5-fold; nervous system, 4-fold; injury and poisoning, 3 to 5-fold; mental disorders, double the non-Aboriginal rate. Admissions for respiratory illnesses were consistently much higher in Aborigines of all ages. There were some significant declines in relative hospital admission rates for Aborigines over the study period.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010272	Parasitic Diseases	Infections or infestations with PARASITES. They are often contracted through contact with an intermediate vector, but may occur as the result of direct exposure.	Parasite Infections,Parasitic Infections,Disease, Parasitic,Diseases, Parasitic,Infection, Parasite,Infection, Parasitic,Infections, Parasite,Infections, Parasitic,Parasite Infection,Parasitic Disease,Parasitic Infection
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003141	Communicable Diseases	An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.	Infectious Diseases,Communicable Disease,Disease, Communicable,Disease, Infectious,Diseases, Communicable,Diseases, Infectious,Infectious Disease
D005006	Ethnicity	A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.	Ethnic Groups,Nationality,Ethnic Group,Nationalities
D005260	Female		Females