The Health of People in NSW: Report of the Chief Health Officer series has been produced regularly since 1996 and is a flagship publication of the NSW Ministry of Health. The 2012 edition focuses on Aboriginal health in NSW. It presents population health and health service delivery data in the areas of: life expectancy and child mortality; mothers, babies and child health; risk and protective factors for health; and burden of ill-health. The report provides trend data comparing the health of Aboriginal people to that of non-Aboriginal people, to show where improvements have been made, and where ongoing disparities still exist or have widened.