GROWTH ASSESSMENT AND ACTION PROGRAM
GAA Data Collection
Northern Territory
April 2006
1
GROWTH ASSESSMENT AND ACTION PROGRAM
April 2006 Survey Period
Introduction
Growth Assessment and Action (GAA) is the monitoring and growth promotion programme for children under 5 years of age in rural and remote communities of the Northern Territory. This report presents the results of the GAA data collection detailed above. This involves routinely collected measurements of weight, height/length and haemoglobin from which were calculated the indicators height for age, weight for age, and weight for height.
World Health Organisation standards were used to determine whether these growth indicator values were satisfactory or not.
The population data used within this report is sourced from a data set available at the Epidemiology website: http://internal.health.nt.gov.au/healthplan/epi/epi.htm (DHCS Intranet). As ATSIC regions have similar boundaries to DHCS health districts, the population estimates for "health regions" have been created using ABS data on ATSIC regions. Please refer to this website for further clarification of the data source.
Number of Resident Children Measured : Total Number of Children Measured : Total Number of Resident Children :
Characteristic Children with
Characteristic Total Measured % Measured with Characteristic
% Coverage (Measured/Resident) Stunted
Underweight Wasted Anaemic
280 2623 11 % 71 %
413 2803 15 % 76 %
301 2622 11 % 71 %
608 2410 25 % 65 %
District population figures for 2006 have been extracted from this data source on 30/06/2006.
Table S1. Summary of results presented in this report for children aged <5 years
2792 2807 3701
2
Growth of children in the Northern Territory
Percentage of measured children aged <5 years that are STUNTED, by district.
9 %
7 %
13 % 13 %
9 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 %
Alice Springs Remote Barkly Darwin Rural East Arnhem Katherine
% Stunted
% Australian
% NT Stunted
District
All Children Measured for Stunting Total Resident Children
Coverage/Stunted
Population Numbers from EPI Coverage
Alice Springs Remote
629 905 70 % 1063 59 %
Barkly 137 225 61 %
417 33 %
Darwin Rural 778 988 79 % 1276 61 %
East Arnhem 559 780 72 % 1130 49 %
Katherine 520 788 66 % 1099 47 %
Totals 2623 3686 71 % 4985 53 %
Growth of children in the Northern Territory
7 %
10 %
20 %
22 %
9 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 %
Alice Springs Remote Barkly Darwin Rural East Arnhem Katherine
% Underweight
% Australian
% NT Underweight
District
All Children Measured for Underweight Total Resident Children
Coverage
Population Numbers from EPI Coverage
Alice Springs Remote
661 905 73 % 1063 62 %
Barkly 145 225 64 %
417 35 %
Darwin Rural 803 988 81 % 1276 63 %
East Arnhem 623 780 80 % 1130 55 %
Katherine 571 788 72 % 1099 52 %
Totals 2803 3686 76 % 4985 56 %
Percentage of measured children aged <5 years that are UNDERWEIGHT, by district.
Growth of children in the Northern Territory
6 %
7 %
14 %
17 %
10 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 %
Alice Springs Remote Barkly Darwin Rural East Arnhem Katherine
% Wasted
% Australian
% NT Wasted
District
All Children Measured for Wasting Total Resident Children
Coverage
Population Numbers from EPI Coverage
Alice Springs Remote
629 905 70 % 1063 59 %
Barkly 137 225 61 %
417 33 %
Darwin Rural 778 988 79 % 1276 61 %
East Arnhem 558 780 72 % 1130 49 %
Katherine 520 788 66 % 1099 47 %
Totals 2622 3686 71 % 4985 53 %
Percentage of measured children aged <5 years that are WASTING, by district.
Growth of children in the Northern Territory
31 %
44 %
17 %
22 %
29 %
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 %
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 %
Alice Springs Remote Barkly Darwin Rural East Arnhem Katherine
% Anaemic
% Australian
% NT Anaemic
District
All Children Measured for Anaemia Total Resident Children
Coverage
Population Numbers from EPI Coverage
Alice Springs Remote
569 905 63 % 1063 54 %
Barkly 133 225 59 %
417 32 %
Darwin Rural 704 988 71 % 1276 55 %
East Arnhem 535 780 69 % 1130 47 %
Katherine 469 788 60 % 1099 43 %
Totals 2410 3686 65 % 4985 48 %
Percentage of measured children aged <5 years that are ANAEMIC, by district.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
11 %
12 %
11 %
12 % 12 %
11 % 11 % 11 %
2724 2642 2903 3181 3209 2763 3149 2623
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
Figure. Percentage of measured children aged less than 5 years who are STUNTED by GAA reporting period for all NT.
The values at the base of each column represents the Number of Children Measured for this
characteristic in the survey period.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
9 %
12 %
11 %
14 %
10 %
12 %
9 %
11 %
2710 2627 2895 3176 3199 2757 3146 2622
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
Figure. Percentage of measured children aged less than 5 years who are WASTED by GAA reporting period for all NT.
The values at the base of each column represents the Number of Children Measured for this
characteristic in the survey period.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
15 %
18 %
15 %
18 %
15 %
18 %
13 %
15 %
2915 2782 3045 3467 3438 3020 3296 2803
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
Figure. Percentage of measured children aged less than 5 years who are UNDERWEIGHT by GAA reporting period for all NT.
The values at the base of each column represents the Number of Children Measured for this
characteristic in the survey period.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
33 %
29 %
31 %
29 %
32 %
29 %
27 %
25 %
2438 2458 2675 3003 3010 2575 2805 2410
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
Figure. Percentage of measured children aged less than 5 years who are ANAEMIC by GAA reporting period for all NT.
The values at the base of each column represents the Number of Children Measured for this
characteristic in the survey period.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
7 % 14 %
10 %
8 % 15 %
10 %
8 % 15 %
8 % 8 %
16 %
9 %
7 % 16 %
9 %
6 % 17 %
7 % 7 %
15 %
8 % 8 %
14 %
8 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
% Stunted Age Group 0 to 1 years
% Stunted Age Group 1 to 3 years
% Stunted Age Group 3 to 5 years
Figure. Percentage of measured children who are STUNTED by Age
Group by GAA reporting period for all NT.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
8 % 11 % 9 %
10 % 14 %
11 %
9 % 10 % 11 %
15 % 14 % 13 %
9 % 10 %11 %
10 % 14 % 12 %
7 % 9 %
10 % 10 %
12 %12 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
% Wasted Age Group 0 to 1 yeasrs
% Wasted Age Group 1 to 3 years
% Wasted Age Group 3 to 5 years
Figure. Percentage of measured children who are WASTED by Age
Group by GAA reporting period for all NT.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
9 % 20 %
11 % 11 %
24 %
13 %
9 % 22 %
11 %
13 % 23 %
14 %
8 % 21 %
12 %
14 % 24 %
13 %
8 % 17 %
11 %
8 % 21 %
11 %
0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 % 35 % 40 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
% Underweight Age Group 0 to 1 year
% Underweight Age Group 1 to 3 years
% Underweight Age Group 3 to 5 years
Figure. Percentage of measured children who are UNDERWEIGHT by Age
Group by GAA reporting period for all NT.
Growth of Children in the Northern Territory
58 %
35 %
22 %
46 %
32 %
19 %
62 %
33 %
19 %
52 %
30 % 20 %
60 %
35 %
22 %
52 %
32 %
19 %
58 %
30 %
18 %
46 %
29 %
17 %
0 % 20 % 40 % 60 % 80 % 100 %
Oct 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2003 Apr 2004 Oct 2004 Apr 2005 Oct 2005 Apr 2006
% Anaemia Age Group 0 to 1 years
% Anaemia Age Group 1 to 3 years
% Anaemia Age Group 3 to 5 years
Figure. Percentage of measured children who are ANAEMIC by Age
