State summary tables

	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT(a)	ACT	Aust.
Life expectancy
Male life expectancy at birth	years	1997	75.4	75.8	75.4	75.7	75.7	74.8	70.0	77.1	75.6
Female life expectancy at birth	years	1997	81.2	81.4	81.3	81.5	81.6	80.1	74.7	81.3	81.3
Mortality
Total number of deaths	'000	1997	45.6	33.3	21.9	11.7	10.8	3.8	0.9	1.3	129.4
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)	no.	1997	7.3	7.2	6.5	7.9	6.0	8.0	4.8	4.3	7.0
Standardised death rate (per 1,000 population)	no.	1997	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.8	9.8	6.0	6.2
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)	no.	1997	5.2	4.9	5.8	4.7	5.3	6.5	12.5	3.8	5.3
Perinatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths combined)	no.	1997	9.8	8.6	9.1	8.2	8.1	11.6	15.5	6.6	9.2
Morbidity and disability (per 100 population)(b)
Cancer	%	1995	2.1	1.8	2.6	1.9	2.1	2.4	2.0	1.9	2.1
Heart disease	%	1995	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.4	3.6	*1.4	2.7	2.8
Diabetes	%	1995	2.0	2.4	2.0	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.0	2.3
Asthma	%	1995	10.4	11.2	13.3	11.2	11.5	10.2	12.7	11.2	11.3
Injury	%	1995	5.8	5.6	7.7	6.4	7.6	7.2	8.7	7.6	6.4
Disability with specific restrictions(b)	%	1998	16.6	15.7	17.8	18.9	17.6	18.7	16.1	16.7	16.9

(a) Morbidity and disability estimates for Northern Territory relate to mainly urban areas only.
(b) Rates are age-standardised.

Reference periods: All health status data are for the calendar year.

	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Death rates per 100,000 population -
Leading causes(b)
Cancer	no.	1997	167	176	169	169	171	182	207	158	171
Ischaemic heart disease	no.	1997	141	132	147	136	119	142	164	124	137
Stroke	no.	1997	59	52	56	57	52	62	96	63	56
Selected cancers(b)
Male lung cancer	no.	1997	51	53	54	52	51	56	61	30	52
Female lung cancer	no.	1997	18	20	20	18	20	23	41	22	19
Female breast cancer	no.	1997	24	27	22	24	24	19	20	25	24
Prostate cancer	no.	1997	30	31	29	28	27	34	33	18	29
Skin cancer	no.	1997	7	5	7	5	6	4	1	6	6
Heart disease and diabetes(b)
Male ischaemic heart disease	no.	1997	184	175	195	185	162	198	194	182	182
Female ischaemic heart disease	no.	1997	106	98	106	98	85	101	134	80	101
Diabetes mellitus	no.	1997	9	18	14	15	15	14	37	13	14
Accidents and suicide
Motor vehicle traffic accident(b)	no.	1997	9	10	12	10	12	7	25	6	10
Male 15-24 years motor vehicle traffic accident(c)	no.	1997	24	28	35	26	38	* *	* *	* *	29
Female 15-24 years motor vehicle traffic accident(c)	no.	1997	9	8	17	10	12	* *	* *	* *	10
Suicide(a)	no.	1997	15	14	16	13	14	11	22	13	15
Male 15-24 years suicide(c)	no.	1997	31	30	37	29	25	* *	* *	* *	31
Female 15-24 years suicide(c)	no.	1997	7	5	9	7	7	* *	* *	* *	7
AIDS(b)
AIDS-related	no.	1997	2	2	1	1	1	* *	2	* *	2

(b) Rates are age-standardised.
(c) Data for Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory are not available as numbers are too low for reliable rates.

Reference periods: All causes of death data are for the calendar year.

	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT(a)	ACT	Aust.
Immunisation status
Children not fully immunised aged 3 months to 6 years (of children 3 months to 6 years)	%	1995	46.1	48.8	52.5	50.3	40.7	57.0	46.5	36.5	47.9
Drinking and smoking(b)
Male medium/high-risk drinkers (of males 18 years and over)	%	1995	10.9	8.9	11.4	10.2	11.4	9.6	24.6	12.2	10.6
Female medium/high-risk drinkers (of females 18 years and over)	%	1995	6.4	5.3	6.5	6.4	6.6	4.7	5.9	7.1	6.1
Male current smokers (of males 18 years and over)	%	1995	27.1	26.7	29.0	26.6	26.6	27.2	30.2	23.6	27.3
Female current smokers (of females 18 years and over)	%	1995	20.0	20.0	21.7	20.0	18.8	24.5	26.0	19.3	20.3
Diet and exercise(b)
Male overweight/obese adults (of males 18 years and over)	%	1995	62.5	64.6	62.1	64.7	60.5	66.4	58.9	63.1	63.0
Female overweight/obese adults (of females 18 years and over)	%	1995	45.3	48.9	43.5	49.4	45.3	53.6	43.5	50.4	46.5
Males who do not exercise for sport, recreation or fitness (of males 18 years and over)	%	1995	34.5	34.2	33.8	34.0	29.7	33.8	42.6	22.6	33.7
Females who do not exercise for sport, recreation or fitness (of females 18 years and over)	%	1995	37.4	32.4	34.8	34.8	28.5	36.1	34.6	28.0	34.4
High blood pressure(b)
Male hypertension (of males 18 years and over)	%	1995	17.1	17.1	19.6	18.3	15.6	17.7	17.3	16.9	17.6
Female hypertension (of females 18 years and over)	%	1995	14.6	15.0	15.1	17.2	15.6	17.4	9.3	13.7	15.1

(a) Risk factor estimates for NT relate to mainly urban areas only.
(b) Rates are age-standardised.

Reference periods: Immunisation status data are at April. Overweight/obese and hypertension data are for the year ended March 1996.

	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Hospital separations (per 1,000 population)	no.	1996-97	282	297	300	320	266	277	261	238	289
Hospital beds (per 1,000 population)	no.	1996-97	4.0	4.1	4.5	4.8	4.2	4.3	4.0	3.4	4.2
Average length of stay in hospital	days	1996-97	4.3	4.0	4.4	4.2	4.0	5.1	3.8	3.9	4.2
Doctors (per 100,000 population)	no.	1996	250	237	233	264	221	220	249	259	241
Nursing home and hostel beds (per 1,000 population aged 70 years and over)	no.	1996-97	89.0	84.7	95.0	90.6	91.4	88.0	102.8	87.3	89.2
Medicare usage
Average Medicare services processed per person(b)	no.	1996-97	11.3	10.6	10.5	9.7	9.6	9.5	6.4	9.4	10.5
Average Medicare services processed per male(b)	no.	1996-97	9.4	8.8	8.4	8.1	7.7	7.4	5.1	7.7	8.7
Average Medicare services processed per female(b)	no.	1996-97	13.1	12.4	12.4	11.3	11.6	11.5	8.0	11.1	12.4
Average Medicare services processed per person aged 65 years and over	no.	1996-97	22.0	21.1	20.7	19.4	19.3	17.8	12.3	19.1	20.9
Proportion of Medicare services used by persons aged 65 years and over	%	1996-97	24.1	24.4	22.2	27.1	21.1	23.7	7.0	16.0	23.6

(b) Rates are age-standardised.

Reference periods: Services data (except for doctors per 100,000 population which is at census date) are for the year ended 30 June.

	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Persons with private health insurance(d)	%	1997	32.1	31.4	30.0	32.8	35.2	34.9	24.4	n.a.	31.9

(d) The ACT is included in NSW.

Reference periods: Private health insurance data are at the June quarter.

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