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A Social Health Atlas of Australia [Second Edition] - Volumes 1-9
Published: December 1999
The information in this atlas adds to a convincing body of evidence built up over a number of years in Australia on the striking disparities in health that exist between groups in the population. People of low socioeconomic status (those who are relatively socially or economically deprived) experience worse health than those of higher socioeconomic status for almost every major cause of mortality and morbidity. The challenge for policy makers, health practitioners and governments is to find ways to address these health inequities.
Volume 1: Australia
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 2: New South Wales
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 3: Victoria
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 4: Queensland
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 5: South Australia
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 6: Western Australia
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 7: Tasmania
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 8: Northern Territory
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index
Volume 9: Australian Capital Territory
Atlas extras: Errata Data (zip)Contents
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Demography and socioeconomic status
- Age distribution
- Families
- Labour force
- Educational participation and achievement
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People born in predominantly non-English-speaking countries
- Housing
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
5 Health status
- Synthetic predictions of selected health status measures
- People reporting their health as fair or poor
- Physical Component Score, SF36
- Handicap status
- Deaths by sex and cause
- Years of potential life lost
- Total Fertility Rate
- Hospital admissions
- General medical practitioner (GP services)
- Immunisation status of one year old children
- Population per GP
- Hospital beds
- Residential care places
9 Summary of findings
Appendix 1
- Supporting documentation
Index