1) A comment `not recommended for use due to coding issues' was added to data item `Number of times saw doctor or other health care professional about feelings in last 4 weeks' in each data item list
2) Issues have been identified with the coding of the 2011-12 data for the conditions 'Back pain/problem, disc disorder', 'Diseases of the digestive system', 'Symptoms, signs and conditions not elsewhere classified', 'Rheumatism' and 'Other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue'. Analysis indicates that at the national level:
- 'Back pain/problem, disc disorder' was under-reported by approximately 545,000 people
- 'Diseases of the digestive system' was over-reported by approximately 230,000 people
- 'Symptoms, signs and conditions not elsewhere classified' was over-reported by approximately 255,000 people
- 'Rheumatism' was over-reported as a 'Current and long term' condition by approximately 145,000 people
- 'Other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue' was over-reported as a 'Current and long term' condition by approximately 275,000 people.
Therefore, 2011-12 data for these conditions are not comparable with other years. However, 2014-15 data have been correctly coded.
3) The classification for 'Type of dietary supplement taken in last 2 weeks' does not align exactly with the equivalent classification used for Microdata: Australian Health Survey, Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2011-12 (cat. no. 4324.0.55.002). The category "Multivitamin and/or multimineral containing caffeine" does not exist for the National Health Survey data, and hence there is a misalignment of the codes used for the categories 'Calcium supplements' to 'Other single vitamin supplements'. |
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