A Social Health Atlas of Australian Local Government Areas, 2009

Summary: Demography and socioeconomic status; Health status and risk factors

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Mapping contents

Mapping contents: topics and indicators

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

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 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
  

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

• 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
  

• Age pensioners
• Disability support pensioners
• Female sole parent pensioners
• People receiving an unemployment benefit
• People receiving an unemployment benefit, including CDEP
• People receiving an unemployment benefit long-term
• People receiving an unemployment benefit long-term, including CDEP
• Children in welfare-dependent and other low income families
• Welfare-dependent and other low income families with children

• 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

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

• Unpaid assistance provided by people aged 15 years and over to persons with a disability
  
• 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
• 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
• Decision making board or committee

• Low birthweight babies
  
• Smoking during pregnancy
• immunisations
  
• infant deaths

• Fair or poor self-assessed health status, persons aged 15 years and over

Estimates of chronic disease and conditions

• 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
• Musculoskeletal system diseases
  - Arthritis
    -- Rheumatoid arthritis
    -- Osteoarthritis
  - Females with osteoporosis
  

• Injury events

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

Health risk factors

• Male current smokers, 18 years and over
• Female 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, 15 years and over
• Obese males, 15 years and over
• Overweight (not obese) females, 15 years and over
• Obese females, 15 years and over
• Persons in normal weight range, 15 years and over
• Usual daily intake of two serves of fruit, persons aged 12 years and over

• 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

• Total persons
  
• Persons living in the community

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

• 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
• Deaths from circulatory system diseases, persons aged 0 to 74 years
• Deaths from respiratory system diseases, persons aged 0 to 74 years
• Deaths from external causes, persons aged 0 to 74 years
• Deaths from all other causes, persons aged 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
• road traffic injuries
• suicide and self-inflicted injuries
• treatable (amenable)
• preventable