Data

Data

Medicare Locals Population Health Atlas, 2011


Region: All States/ Territories, Australia
Small area level: Medicare Locals, including Statistical Local Area

Summary: Demography, Social Indicators, Screening services, Health status, Risk factor, MBS

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Age distribution: Males, Females, Persons - age in 5 year groups, 0 to 85+ years

Population projections, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2050: Males, Females, Persons - age in 5 year groups, 0 to 85+ years

Age distribution: Aboriginal - 0 to 65+ years

Birthplace & non-English speaking residents:

  • Australian-born population
  • People born (overseas) in predominately English-speaking countries
  • People born in predominately non-English speaking (NES) countries
  • People born in NES countries resident in Australia for five years or more
  • People born in NES countries resident in Australia for less than five years
  • People born in NES countries with poor proficiency in English

Top 10 non-English speaking birthplaces

  • Top ten birthplaces of people from non-English speaking countries: China, Italy, Vietnam, India, Philippines, Greece, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands and Lebanon

Total fertility rate

Education

  • Full-time participation in secondary school education at age 16
  • Participation in vocational education and training 
  • School leavers enrolled in higher education 

 Early childhood development, AEDI (Australian Early Development Index)

  • Developmentally vunerable in 1 or more domains
  • Developmentally vunerable in 2 or more domains
  • Physical health and wellbeing domain
  • Social competence domain
  • Emotional maturity domain
  • Language and cognitive skills (schools-based) domain
  • Communication skills and general knowledge domain

Families

  • Single parent families with children aged less than 15 years
  • Jobless families with children aged less than 15 years
  • Children aged less than 15 years in jobless families

Housing/ Transport

  • Households receiving rent assistance from Centrelink
  • Dwellings rented from Housing SA
  • Low income households with mortgage stress
  • Low income households with rental stress
  • Private dwellings with no motor vehicle

Income support recipients

  • Age pensioners
  • Disability support pensioners
  • Single parent payment beneficiaries
  • People receiving an unemployment benefit 
  • People receiving an unemployment benefit for longer than 180 days 
  • Young people aged 15 to 24 receiving an unemployment benefit
  • Welfare-dependent and other low income families with children 
  • Children in welfare-dependent and other low income families
  • Health care card holders
  • Pensioner Concession Card holders 
  • Total Centrelink Card holders 

Internet access at home

  • Private dwellings with no Internet connection
  • Private dwellings with Broadband Internet connections
  • Private dwellings with Dial-up Internet connection
  • Private dwellings with other Internet connections
  • Total private dwellings with Internet connections

Labour force

  • Estimated unemployment
  • Estimated labour force participation
  • Female labour force participation
  • Unskilled and semi-skilled workers
  • Managers and administrators; and professionals

Summary measure of disadvantage: Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage

Child care

  • Unpaid child care provided by people aged 15 years and over to their own child/children
  • Unpaid child care provided by people aged 15 years and over to other child/children
  • Total unpaid child care provided by people aged 15 years and over

Community strength

  • People aged 15 years and over who participated in voluntary work for an organisation or group
  • Help available from family, friends or neighbours
  • Regularly volunteer
  • Member of an organised group
  • Actively involved with school activities

Mothers and babie

  • Low birthweight babies
  • Smoking during pregnancy

Child health

  • immunisation 
  • infant deaths
  • child mortality (under five years)


Screening

  • Breast screening participation *NSW, Tas and NT not available*
  • Breast screening outcomes - cancer *NSW, Tas and NT not available*
  • Cervical screening participation *NSW, Tas and NT not available*
  • Cervical screening outcomes - Low grade abnormality *NSW, Tas and NT not available*
  • Cervical screening outcomes - High grade abnormality *NSW, Tas and NT not available*

Self-assessed health (estimated)

  • Fair or poor self-assessed health status, persons aged 15 years and over
  • Current long-term condition and reporting good, very good or excellent health, persons aged 15 years and over *Incorrect indicator wording updated April 2012*

Estimates of chronic disease and conditions(estimated) 

  • Type 2 diabetes 
  • High cholesterol
  • Males with mental and behavioural problems
    - Males with mood (affective) problems 
  • Females with mental and behavioural problems
    - Females with mood (affective) problems 
  • Circulatory system diseases
    - Hypertensive disease 
  • Respiratory system diseases
    - Asthma 
  • - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Musculoskeletal system diseases
    - Arthritis
      -- Rheumatoid arthritis
      -- Osteoarthritis
    - Females with osteoporosis 

Psychological distress (estimated)

  • High or very high psychological distress levels (K-10), persons aged 18 years and over 

Health risk factors (estimated)

  • Male current smokers, 18 years and over 
  • Female current smokers, 18 years and over 
  • Current smokers, 18 years and over 
  • High health risk due to alcohol consumed, persons aged 18 years and over 
  • Physical inactivity, persons aged 15 years and over 
  • Overweight (not obese) males, 18 years and over 
  • Obese males, 18 years and over 
  • Overweight (not obese) females, 18 years and over 
  • Obese females, 18 years and over 
  • Males in normal weight range, 18 years and over 
  • Females in normal weight range, 18 years and over 
  • Usual daily intake of two serves of fruit, persons aged 5 to 12 years 
  • Usual daily intake of two serves of fruit, persons aged 18 years and over 
  • Persons with at least one of the four health risk factors

Composite indicators (estimated)

  • Had type 2 diabetes and were overweight/ obese, persons aged 15 years and over 
  • Had asthma and were smokers, persons aged 18 years and over 

Disability

  • Unpaid assistance provided by people aged 15 years and over to persons with a disability
  • Profound or severe disability
  • Profound or severe disability and living in the community
  • Profound or severe disability - 0 to 64 years
  • Profound or severe disability and living in the community - 0 to 64 years

Median age of death

  • Median age of death of males
  • Median age of death of females
  • Median age of death of persons

 

Premature mortality by sex

  • Deaths of males aged 15 to 64 years 
  • Deaths of females aged 15 to 64 years
  • Deaths of persons aged 15 to 64 years 
  • Deaths of males aged 0 to 74 years 
  • Deaths of females aged 0 to 74 years 
  • Deaths of persons aged 0 to 74 years 

Premature mortality by selected cause

  • Deaths from cancers, persons aged 15 to 64 years 
  • Deaths from circulatory system diseases, persons aged 15 to 64 years 
  • Deaths from respiratory system diseases, persons aged 15 to 64 years
  • Deaths from external causes, persons aged 15 to 64 years 
  • Deaths from all other causes, persons aged 15 to 64 years 
  • Deaths from cancers, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - colorectal cancer, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - lung cancer, persons aged 0 to 74 years
  • Deaths from circulatory system diseases, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - ischaemic heart disease, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - cerebrovascular disease, persons aged 0 to 74 years
  • Deaths from respiratory system diseases, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, persons aged 45 to 74 years
  • Deaths from external causes, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - road traffic injuries, persons aged 0 to 74 years
    - suicide and self-inflicted injuries, persons aged 0 to 74 years
  • Deaths from all other causes, persons aged 0 to 74 years

Potentially avoidable mortality at ages 0 to 74 years

  • all causes 
  • all cancers
    - colorectal cancer
    - lung cancer
  • cardiovascular diseases
    - ischaemic heart disease
  • - cerebrovascular disease
  • respiratory system diseases
    - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (45 to 74 years)
  • road traffic injuries 
  • suicide and self-inflicted injuries 
  • treatable (amenable)
  • preventable

Private health insurance

MBS services

  • GP services to males (MBS and DVA)
  • GP services to females (MBS and DVA)
  • Total GP services (MBS and DVA)
  • 45 Year Old Health Check - males, females, persons
  • Annual health assessments
  • Other Enhanced Primary Care items
  • Total Enhanced Primary Care items
  • GP Practice Nurses services
  • Better Access Program: Preparation of Mental Health Care Plan by GPs
  • Better Access Program: Psychiatrists
  • Better Access Program: Psychologists
  • Better Access Program: General Psychologists
  • Better Access Program: Clinical Psychologists
  • Better Access Program: Social workers
  • Better Access Program: Occupational therapists

Residential and community aged care

  • Residential low-level aged care places, population aged 70 years and over
  • Residential high-level care places, population aged 70 years and over
  • Total residential aged care places, population aged 70 years and over 
  • Community aged care places, population aged 70 years and over