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Provided below are tables showing sample counts and weighted estimates from the 2001 NHS and 2001 NHS(I):

TABLE 1. NHS: Age by sex, Australia

TABLE 2. NHS: Age, States and Territories

TABLE 3. NHS: Age by sex, ASGC remoteness groups

TABLE 4. NHS(I): Age by sex, Australia

TABLE 5. NHS(I): Age by sex, ASGC remoteness groups.

	Persons in sample			Weighted estimate ('000)
Age group (yrs)	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
0 - 4	1,608	1,502	3,110	654.2	621.4	1,275.6
5 - 9	1,378	1,362	2,740	688.2	654.6	1,342.8
10 - 14	951	887	1,838	681.7	647.3	1,329.0
15 - 19	888	837	1,725	672.4	639.7	1,312.1
20 - 24	523	637	1,160	633.5	622.9	1,256.4
25 - 29	724	909	1,633	673.5	691.4	1,364.9
30 - 34	831	1,015	1,846	705.3	733.7	1,439.1
35 - 39	936	1,089	2,025	720.7	745.2	1,465.9
40 - 44	952	1,083	2,035	715.3	739.4	1,454.7
45 - 49	799	907	1,706	657.6	677.8	1,335.5
50 - 54	745	757	1,502	639.7	640.4	1,280.1
55 - 59	568	616	1,184	500.7	492.0	992.7
60 - 64	483	599	1,082	401.5	405.8	807.3
65 - 69	414	469	883	326.0	340.1	666.1
70 - 74	409	513	922	294.5	323.4	618.0
75 - 79	316	449	765	239.3	290.5	529.9
80 - 84	151	298	449	110.5	176.3	286.8
85 and over	77	181	258	50.3	109.3	159.6
Total	12,753	14,110	26,863	9,364.9	9,551.4	18,916.3

	Persons in sample			Weighted estimate ('000)
Age group (yrs)	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
	Major cities of Australia
0 - 6	1,453	1,425	2,878	598.7	654.6	1,163.3
7 - 17	1,524	1,421	2,945	970.1	921.3	1,891.4
18 and over	5,400	6,447	11,847	4,698.7	4,931.7	9,630.4
Total	8,377	9,293	17,670	6,267.6	6,417.6	12,685.2
	Inner regional Australia
0 - 6	473	434	907	191.7	178.7	370.5
7 - 17	473	482	955	349.4	333.4	682.8
18 and over	1,638	2,068	3,706	1,402.0	1,500.3	2,902.3
Total	2,584	2,884	5,568	1,943.1	2,012.5	3,955.6
	Remainder
0 - 6	369	313	682	132.1	119.0	251.2
7 - 17	297	281	578	176.4	196.0	372.4
18 and over	1,126	1,239	2,365	845.7	806.3	1,652.0
Total	1,792	1,833	3,625	1,154.2	1,121.3	2,275.5

	Persons in sample			Weighted estimate ('000)
Age group (yrs)	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
0 to 4	308	261	569	30.3	29.5	59.8
5 to 14	491	513	1,004	60.3	56.4	116.7
15 to 24	242	315	557	39.8	40.2	80.0
25 to 34	211	332	543	32.1	36.4	68.5
35 to 44	186	260	446	25.3	28.4	53.8
45 to 54	138	159	297	16.7	18.0	34.6
55 and over	112	153	265	13.4	16.2	29.6
Total	1,688	1,993	3,681	217.9	225.1	443.0

	Persons in sample			Weighted estimate ('000)
Age group (yrs)	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Non-remote
0 to 6	261	218	479	31.6	29.4	61.0
7 to 17	296	302	598	41.1	41.4	82.5
18 and over	416	631	1,047	85.7	92.2	177.8
Total	973	1,151	2,124	158.3	163.0	321.3
Remote
0 to 6	169	165	334	11.9	12.7	24.6
7 to 17	204	213	417	17.9	16.7	34.6
18 and over	342	464	806	29.8	32.7	62.5
Total	715	842	1,557	59.6	62.1	121.7
Total
0 to 6	430	383	813	43.5	42.1	85.6
7 to 17	500	515	1,015	59.0	58.1	117.1
18 and over	758	1,095	1,853	115.5	124.9	240.3
Total	1,688	1,993	3,681	217.9	225.1	443.0

Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Survey Design and Operation Chapter 3 - Health Status Indicators Chapter 4 - Health Related Actions Chapter 5 - Health Risk Factors Chapter 6 - Population Characteristics Chapter 7 - Data Quality and Interpretation of results Chapter 8 - Data Output and Dissemination		Appendix 1 - Glossary of Terms Used Appendix 2 - Sample Counts and Weighted Estimates Appendix 3 - Classification of Long-term Medical Conditions: Based on ICD-10 Appendix 4 - Classification of Long-term Medical Conditions: Based on ICD-9 Appendix 5 - Classification of Long-term Medical Conditions: ICPC Based Appendix 6 - Classification of Type of Medication Appendix 7 - Classification of Country of Birth Appendix 8 - Classification of Language Spoken at Home		Appendix 9 - Classification of Occupation Appendix 10 - Classification of Industry of Employment Appendix 11 - Classification of Types of Alcoholic Drinks Appendix 12 - Standard Errors Appendix 13 - Content of the 2001 National Health Survey (Indigenous) Appendix 14 - List of Abbreviations