4727.0.55.002 - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2012-13

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APPENDIX 1: SAMPLE COUNTS AND ESTIMATES

The following tables present sample counts:

the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS)
the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (NATSINPAS)
the combined Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (referred to as the Core) sample comprising NATSIHS and NATSINPAS
the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey (NATSIHMS) sample (drawn from both NATSIHS and NATSINPAS).

NATSIHS – sample counts and estimates

NATSIHS SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex, Australia

	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000

0-4	603	614	1 217	40.2	38.8	79.0
5-9	545	524	1 069	38.7	37.1	75.8
10-14	529	465	994	38.0	36.6	74.6
15-19	417	429	846	36.7	33.5	70.1
20-24	267	370	637	28.7	28.9	57.6
25-29	249	395	644	24.1	24.0	48.1
30-34	222	376	598	18.8	19.8	38.7
35-39	236	351	587	19.1	20.2	39.3
40-44	275	386	661	18.3	20.2	38.6
45-49	213	327	540	15.6	16.9	32.6
50-54	220	255	475	13.3	14.1	27.4
55 and over	464	585	1 049	26.3	30.3	56.6
Total	4 240	5 077	9 317	318.0	320.4	638.3

NATSIHS SAMPLE COUNTS, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.

0-17	530	340	760	404	660	378	643	120	3 835
18-54	597	359	875	465	787	375	810	165	4 433
55 and over	183	90	188	110	176	134	145	23	1 049
Total	1 310	789	1 823	979	1 623	887	1 598	308	9 317

NATSIHS WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000

0-17	87.1	19.4	79.8	14.7	33.8	10.1	25.1	2.3	272.5
18-54	94.3	22.1	85.8	17.6	41.0	11.1	34.1	3.2	309.2
55 and over	19.4	4.3	14.8	3.2	6.7	2.4	5.4	0.4	56.6
Total	200.9	45.7	180.5	35.5	81.5	23.7	64.6	5.9	638.3

NATSIHS SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex by ASGS remoteness groups

	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000
MAJOR CITIES OF AUSTRALIA

0-17	552	493	1 045	48.9	45.9	94.8
18-54	474	667	1 141	54.3	56.4	110.7
55 and over	107	141	248	8.3	10.2	18.6
Total	1 133	1 301	2 434	111.5	112.6	224.0
INNER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

0-17	346	382	728	32.6	31.7	64.3
18-54	255	424	679	32.2	32.3	64.4
55 and over	84	116	200	5.8	6.4	12.3
Total	685	922	1 607	70.6	70.4	141.0
OUTER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

0-17	388	367	755	30.6	29.5	60.1
18-54	383	493	876	31.5	32.7	64.1
55 and over	113	122	235	6.1	6.9	13.0
Total	884	982	1 866	68.1	69.1	137.2
REMOTE AUSTRALIA

0-17	218	240	458	9.6	9.4	19.0
18-54	261	393	654	12.2	12.3	24.5
55 and over	76	96	172	2.4	2.6	4.9
Total	555	729	1284	24.2	24.3	48.5
VERY REMOTE AUSTRALIA

0-17	450	399	849	17.6	16.6	34.2
18-54	449	634	1 083	22.3	23.2	45.5
55 and over	84	110	194	3.7	4.2	7.9
Total	983	1 143	2 126	43.6	44.0	87.6

NATSINPAS – sample counts and estimates

NATSINPAS SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex, Australia

	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000

2-4	183	173	356	24.3	23.3	47.6
5-9	240	239	479	38.7	37.1	75.8
10-14	196	201	397	38.0	36.6	74.6
15-19	160	160	320	32.4	33.5	65.9
20-24	127	155	282	33.0	28.8	61.8
25-29	117	200	317	24.0	24.0	48.0
30-34	112	174	286	18.9	19.8	38.7
35-39	108	178	286	19.1	20.2	39.3
40-44	120	192	312	18.3	20.2	38.6
45-49	98	130	228	15.6	16.9	32.6
50-54	86	128	214	13.3	14.1	27.4
55 and over	267	365	632	26.3	30.3	56.6
Total	1 814	2 295	4 109	302.0	304.9	606.9

NATSINPAS SAMPLE COUNTS, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.

2-17	297	30	507	59	191	46	292	12	1 434
18-54	417	46	708	121	272	78	388	13	2 043
55 and over	151	12	252	24	61	26	105	1	632
Total	865	88	1 467	204	524	150	785	26	4 109

NATSINPAS WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000

2-17	77.1	17.0	70.4	13.0	30.1	9.0	22.4	2.0	241.0
18-54	93.4	22.0	86.1	17.6	42.2	12.6	31.8	3.5	309.2
55 and over	20.3	4.3	14.6	3.1	5.6	1.0	7.7	0.1	56.6
Total	190.9	43.4	171.1	33.8	77.8	22.5	61.8	5.6	606.9

NATSINPAS SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex by ASGS remoteness groups

	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000
MAJOR CITIES OF AUSTRALIA

2-17	147	120	267	43.2	40.6	83.8
18-54	156	239	395	54.3	56.4	110.6
55 and over	51	46	97	8.3	10.2	18.6
Total	354	405	759	105.9	107.2	213.0
INNER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

2-17	89	94	183	28.8	28.0	56.8
18-54	96	153	249	32.2	32.3	64.4
55 and over	40	47	87	5.8	6.4	12.3
Total	225	294	519	66.8	66.7	133.5
OUTER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

2-17	86	86	172	27.2	26.4	53.7
18-54	97	154	251	31.7	32.9	64.6
55 and over	35	56	91	6.1	7.0	13.1
Total	218	296	514	65.0	66.3	131.4
REMOTE AUSTRALIA

2-17	138	159	297	8.3	8.1	16.4
18-54	215	267	482	12.0	12.0	24.0
55 and over	72	103	175	2.3	2.4	4.8
Total	425	529	954	22.6	22.5	45.1
VERY REMOTE AUSTRALIA

2-17	265	250	515	15.6	14.7	30.4
18-54	258	408	666	22.4	23.2	45.6
55 and over	69	113	182	3.7	4.2	7.9
Total	592	771	1 363	41.7	42.2	83.9

CORE (NATSIHS/NATSINPAS) – sample counts and estimates

CORE (NATSIHS/NATSINPAS) SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex, Australia


	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000

2-4	541	553	1 094	24.3	23.3	47.6
5-9	785	763	1 548	38.7	37.1	75.8
10-14	725	666	1 391	38.0	36.6	74.6
15-19	577	589	1 166	35.9	33.5	69.3
20-24	394	525	919	29.5	28.9	58.4
25-29	366	595	961	24.0	24.0	48.0
30-34	334	550	884	18.9	19.8	38.7
35-39	344	529	873	19.1	20.2	39.3
40-44	395	578	973	18.3	20.2	38.6
45-49	311	457	768	15.6	16.9	32.6
50-54	306	383	689	13.3	14.1	27.4
55 and over	731	950	1 681	26.3	30.3	56.6
Total	5 809	7 138	12 947	302.0	304.9	606.9

CORE (NATSIHS/NATSINPAS) SAMPLE COUNTS, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.

2-17	757	317	1 167	413	755	389	873	119	4 790
18-54	1 014	405	1 583	586	1 059	453	1 198	178	6 476
55 and over	334	102	440	134	237	160	250	24	1 681
Total	2 105	824	3 190	1 133	2 051	1 002	2 321	321	12 947

CORE (NATSIHS/NATSINPAS) WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000

2-17	77.1	17.0	70.4	13.0	30.1	9.0	22.4	2.0	241.0
18-54	94.3	22.1	85.8	17.6	41.0	11.1	34.1	3.2	309.2
55 and over	19.4	4.3	14.8	3.2	6.7	2.4	5.4	0.4	56.6
Total	190.9	43.4	171.1	33.8	77.8	22.5	61.8	5.6	606.9

CORE (NATSIHS/NATSINPAS) SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex by ASGS remoteness groups

	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000
MAJOR CITIES OF AUSTRALIA

2-17	619	551	1 170	43.2	40.6	83.8
18-54	630	906	1 536	54.3	56.4	110.6
55 and over	158	187	345	8.3	10.2	18.6
Total	1 407	1 644	3 051	105.9	107.2	213.0
INNER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

2-17	398	428	826	28.8	28.0	56.8
18-54	351	577	928	32.2	32.3	64.4
55 and over	124	163	287	5.8	6.4	12.3
Total	873	1 168	2 041	66.8	66.7	133.5
OUTER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

2-17	432	404	836	27.2	26.4	53.7
18-54	480	647	1127	31.7	32.9	64.6
55 and over	148	178	326	6.1	7.0	13.1
Total	1 060	1 229	2 289	65.0	66.3	131.4
REMOTE AUSTRALIA

2-17	323	370	693	8.3	8.1	16.4
18-54	476	660	1 136	12.0	12.0	24.0
55 and over	148	199	347	2.3	2.4	4.8
Total	947	1 229	2 176	22.6	22.5	45.1
VERY REMOTE AUSTRALIA

2-17	662	603	1 265	15.6	14.7	30.4
18-54	707	1 042	1 749	22.4	23.2	45.6
55 and over	153	223	376	3.7	4.2	7.9
Total	1 522	1 868	3 390	41.7	42.2	83.9

NATSIHMS – sample counts and estimates

NATSIHMS SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex, Australia


	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000

18-24	162	243	405	43.2	41.5	84.6
25-29	109	225	334	24.0	24.0	48.0
30-34	110	217	327	18.9	19.8	38.7
35-39	138	210	348	19.1	20.2	39.3
40-44	166	228	394	18.3	20.2	38.6
45-49	121	200	321	15.6	16.9	32.6
50-54	143	190	333	13.3	14.1	27.4
55 and over	373	458	831	26.3	30.3	56.6
Total	1322	1971	3293	178.8	187.1	365.9

NATSIHMS SAMPLE COUNTS, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.

18-54	341	84	598	194	358	144	692	51	2462
55 and over	166	31	231	50	109	85	145	14	831
Total	507	115	829	244	467	229	837	65	3293

NATSIHMS WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by States and Territories

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Age group (years)	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000

18-54	89.7	21.9	90.1	18.2	39.4	12.1	34.3	3.4	309.2
55 and over	24.0	4.4	10.6	2.5	8.3	1.5	5.2	0.1	56.6
Total	113.7	26.4	100.7	20.8	47.7	13.6	39.4	3.6	365.9

NATSIHMS SAMPLE COUNTS AND WEIGHTED ESTIMATES, Age by sex by ASGS remoteness groups

	PERSONS IN SAMPLE			WEIGHTED ESTIMATE
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Age group (years)	No.	No.	No.	'000	'000	'000
MAJOR CITIES OF AUSTRALIA

18-54	143	249	392	54.3	56.4	110.6
55 and over	74	80	154	8.3	10.2	18.6
Total	217	329	546	62.6	66.6	129.2
INNER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

18-54	64	163	227	32.2	32.3	64.4
55 and over	55	57	112	5.8	6.4	12.3
Total	119	220	339	38.0	38.7	76.7
OUTER REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

18-54	115	167	282	31.7	32.9	64.6
55 and over	54	58	112	6.1	7.0	13.1
Total	169	225	394	37.8	39.9	77.7
REMOTE AUSTRALIA

18-54	225	312	537	12.0	12.0	24.0
55 and over	87	115	202	2.3	2.4	4.8
Total	312	427	739	14.3	14.4	28.7
VERY REMOTE AUSTRALIA

18-54	402	622	1024	22.4	23.2	45.6
55 and over	103	148	251	3.7	4.2	7.9
Total	505	770	1275	26.1	27.5	53.5