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List of Tables

Table 1.1 Australia’s Population Distribution According to Remoteness Classification Index, 2012 (Source: AIHW, 2013)...................................................................... 8 Table 1.2 Percentage of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Non Indigenous Populations Living in Major Cities, Remote and Very Remote Areas (Source: AIHW, 2014a)............................................................................ 11 Table 1.3 Population Age Profile by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Status as Percentages of Total Population (Source: AIHW, 2014a).................................. 12 Table 1.4 Employed Nurses Population Numbers and Demographic Characteristics by Remoteness Classification (Source: AIHW, 2014) ............................................ 17 Table 1.5 Number of Employed, Registered, Enrolled Nurses and Midwives in Work Setting by Remoteness Classification (Source: AIHW, 2012c) ......................... 20 Table 1.6 Mental Health Nurses by Remoteness Area, 2012 (Source: National Health Workforce Data Set, Nurses and Midwives, AIHW, 2012a).............................. 22 Table. 1.7 Number of General Practitioners by Remoteness Classification, 2012 (Source: AIHW, 2012)........................................................................................ 23 Table 1.8 Number of Psychiatrists by Remoteness Classification and FTE per 100,000 population, 2012 (Source: National Health Workforce Data Set, 2013) ............ 26 Table 1.9 Number of Psychologists by Remoteness Classification and FTE per 100,000 population in 2012 (Source: National Health Workforce Data Set, Allied Health Practitioners, AIHW, 2013) .................................................................... 27 Table 1.10 Number of Occupational Therapists by Remoteness Classification and FTE per 100,000 population, 2012 (Source: National Health Workforce Data Set, Allied Health Practitioners, AIHW, 2013) ......................................................... 28 Table 1.11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, 2012 (Source: National Health Workforce Data Set, Allied Health Practitioners, AIHW, 2013) ................................................................................................................... 29 Table 1.12 Number of Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Optometrists, Chiropractors and Podiatrists by Remoteness Classification Index, 2012 (Source: AIHW, 2013) ................................................................................................................... 30