4816.0.55.001 - Occasional Paper: Long-term Health Conditions - A Guide To Time Series Comparability From The National Health Survey, Australia, 2001  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/06/2003   
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Assessment:

1989-90 to 1995 NA
1995 to 2001 NA
      Survey year1989-9019952001
      Question description
      Included in Q230, "- DO YOU HAVE ANY CONDITIONS LIKE THESE?"
      Prompt card 5 was shown which includes:"HEART AND CORONARY DISEASE", "HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPERTENSION", "VARICOSE VEINS OR HAEMORRHOIDS", "STROKE AFTER EFFECTS (specify)" among a list of 41 conditions.


      Q444 asked "THE NEXT FEW QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT LONG TERM CONDITIONS. PLEASE INCLUDE ONLY THOSE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE LASTED OR ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE.
      DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS?"
      The prompt card shown (G) included "High blood pressure/Hypertension" and "Varicose veins" among 13 conditions.

      Q448 asked "DO YOU HAVE ANY (OTHER) CONDITIONS THAT HAVE LASTED OR ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE, FOR EXAMPLE:" Prompt card 'H' was shown, including: "Haemorrhoids", "Heart and coronary disease", "Low blood pressure", "stroke", among a list of 23 conditions. "
      Q450 asks respondents "..HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TOLD BY A DOCTOR OR NURSE YOU HAVE ANY HEART OR CIRCULATORY CONDITIONS?" as they are shown prompt card 15 which lists 13 conditions including: "Rheumatic heart disease", "Heart attack", "Stroke (including after effects of stroke)","Angina", "High blood pressure or hypertension", "Hardening of the arteries, atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis", "Fluid problems, fluid retention or oedema", "High cholesterol", "Rapid or irregular heartbeats, tachycardia or palpitations", "Heart murmur or heart valve disorder", "Haemorrhoids", "Varicose veins", "Other heart or circulatory conditions".

      Subsequent questions Q453-454 and Q457-458 establish whether the conditions are current and long-term.
      ICD-9 codes276, 390-398, 401-405, 410-417, 420-438, 440-448, 451-459
      NHS codes(b)015, 016, 017, 018, 072, 082, 119, 182, 219, 019015, 016, 017, 018, 072, 082, 119, 182, 219, 019114, 115, 382, 940, 135, 941, 405, 946, 402, 403, 945, 392, 393, 394, 939, 117, 136, 376, 377, 383, 384, 385, 386, 389, 390, 391, 396, 400, 935, 936, 938, 944, 397, 937, 363, 364, 365, 366, 375, 387, 388, 943, 398, 116, 126, 290, 367, 395, 399, 401, 404
      Estimate '0002,225.23,615.03,184.7
      Standardised rate per 1,000 population(a)142.6209.0168.5
      95 % confidence intervals on standardised rates140.4 - 144.8200.8 - 217.2164.9 - 172.1
      CommentsThe expanded list of heart and circulatory conditions which were prompted for in 2001 appears to have produced the large increase in conditions classified as "heart disease", although a decrease in reported varicose veins and haemorrhoids has more than offset the increase.
      (a) Age standardised to 2001 NHS benchmark population.
      (b) The codes shown were released in the corrigendum to this publication on 22 July 03.


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