Table of Contents

Preliminary Text

Acknowledgements

List of figures and tables

Abbreviations and acronyms

1. Analytical framework

Methods
Defining the region

2. Demography of the East Kimberley and Northern East Kimberley

Population size
Population growth
Population distribution
Age composition
Population projections

3. Aboriginal participation in the regional labour market

Regional labour force status
Dependency ratios
Industry and occupation
Argyle mine employment: history and future targets
Estimating future labour force status

4. Employment and welfare income

Employment and non-employment income
Welfare income

5. Education and training: participation and outcomes

Participation in schooling
Outcomes
Participation in vocational education and training (VET)
Outcomes

6. Housing and infrastructure

Housing and infrastructure in 2001
Housing tenure
Environmental health infrastructure

7. Health status

Estimation of mortality
Cause of death
Hospital separations
Hospitalisation diagnoses
Stages of morbidity
Primary health status
Child health
Health-related quality of life assessment

8. Regional involvement in the Western Australian criminal justice system

Data sources
Reported crime
Reported offences in the East Kimberley
Contact with the police
Lower Court data

9. Implications, dilemmas, and the way ahead

Demography
Jobs and economic status
Education and training
Housing and infrastructure
Health status
Crime
Prognosis

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