Summary: Demography and socioeconomic status; Health insurance; GP services; Immunisation; Chronic disease & injury, self-reported health, and risk factor estimates; Premature mortality (0-74 years)
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[Data by Statistical Local Area (SLA) - data by SLA groups in Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast and Townsville]
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Data contents
Data contents: topics and indicators
Demography and socioeconomic status, 2001*
Release 1: November 2005
Annual population change, 1991-2004
Population, 2004 (8 age groups/ all ages)
Poor proficiency in English
Single parent families
Indigenous
Full-time secondary school education at age 16
Unemployment rate, 2003
Labour force participation, 2003
Female labour force participation
Dwellings rented from the State housing authority
Dwellings with no motor vehicle
People who used a computer at home
People who used the Internet at home
Index of Relative socioeconomic Disadvantage score
*2001, unless specified otherwise
Release 2: March 2007
Annual population change, 1991-2005
Population, 2005 (7 age groups/ all ages)
Population, 2005 (5 year age and sex groups)
Jobless families
[Children in jobless families]
Private health insurance
Health insurance, 2001
Release 2: March 2007
Private health insurance
GP services, 2001/02 (Release 1: November 2005)
GP services per population
Immunisation, 2002 (Release 1: November 2005)
Immunisation at age one
Chronic disease & injury; self-reported health; and risk factor estimates, 2001
Release 1: November 2005
Chronic disease & injury estimates:
Respiratory system diseases
- Asthma
Circulatory system diseases
Diabetes type 2
Injury
Mental and behavioural disorders
Musculoskeletal system diseases
- Arthritis
-- osteoarthritis
-- rheumatoid arthritis
- Females with osteoporosis
Self-reported health estimates:
Very high psychological distress levels (K-10)
Fair or poor self-assessed health status
Selected risk factor estimates:
Overweight (not obese) males
Obese males
Overweight (not obese) females
Obese females
Smokers
Physical inactivity
High health risk due to alcohol consumed
Release 2: March 2007
Chronic disease & associated risk factors:
Had asthma and were smokers
Had type 2 diabetes and were overweight/obese
Premature mortality (0-74 years), 2000-02 (Release 1: November 2005)
All causes
Circulatory system diseases
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Cerebrovascular disease: stroke
Cancer
- Cancer of the trachea, bronchus & lung
Respiratory system diseases
- Chronic lower respiratory disease
Injury and poisonings
- Suicide
- Motor vehicle accidents
'Other' major causes
Diabetes
