ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| '000 | thousand |
| A | Area |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ALLS | Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey |
| ANZSIC93 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 1993 Edition |
| AQF | Australian Qualifications Framework |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASDR | age-specific death rate |
| ASFR | age-specific fertility rate |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| Bal | Balance |
| BMI | body mass index |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| C | City |
| CACP | Community Aged Care Package |
| CRA | Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
| Cwlth | Commonwealth |
| DADHC | NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care |
| DVA | Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs |
| DVD | digital versatile disc |
| excl. | excluding |
| EACH | extended aged care at home |
| EDHI | equivalised disposable household income |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| GP | General Medical Practitioner |
| HACC | Home and Community Care, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| HACC MDS | Home and Community Care Minimum Data Set |
| HALE | Health-adjusted life expectancy |
| ICD-10-AM | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification |
| ISS | income support supplement |
| LGA | local government area |
| nfd | not further defined |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |
| SD | statistical division |
| SSD | statistical subdivision |
| WHO | World Health Organization |