Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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SYMBOLS AND USAGES

The following symbols and usages mean:

billion	1,000 million
hrs	hours
km	kilometre
mins	minutes
mls	millilitres
m2	square metre
n.a.	not available
n.y.a.	not yet available
no.	number
p	preliminary - figures or series subject to revision
r	figures or series revised since previous edition
'000	thousand
'000m	thousand million
$	dollar
$m	million dollars
$US	American dollar
%	per cent
*	subject to high sampling variability
**	data suppressed due to unacceptably high sampling variability
..	not applicable
-	nil or rounded to zero

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.


ABBREVIATIONS

Australia, States and Territories of Australia

Aust.	Australia
NSW	New South Wales
Vic.	Victoria
Qld	Queensland
SA	South Australia
WA	Western Australia
Tas.	Tasmania
NT	Northern Territory
ACT	Australian Capital Territory

Other abbreviations

MESC	Main English speaking countries - United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States of America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia
NESC	Non-English speaking countries - all countries other than the main English speaking countries
NZ	New Zealand
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PNG	Papua New Guinea
UK	United Kingdom
UN	United Nations
UNICEF	United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
USA	United States of America
USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WHO	World Health Organisation

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