Whether has other long-term health condition(s) (HOLHP)

This variable describes whether a person has been told by a doctor or nurse that they have a long-term health condition that is not:

• arthritis
• asthma
• cancer (including remission)
• dementia (including Alzheimer’s)
• diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)
• heart disease (including heart attack or angina)
• kidney disease 
• lung conditions (including COPD or emphysema)
• mental health conditions (including depression or anxiety)
• stroke

This variable does not indicate whether a person has multiple long-term health conditions.

All persons 

This variable is derived from responses to the long-term health conditions question. It counts the number of people who marked ‘Any other long-term health condition(s)’.

This is a new variable for 2021.

There are no data use considerations for this variable.

This variable does not have a non-response rate as it is created during Census processing by using responses from one or more questions on the Census form. For the item non-response rate for the Health question, see CLTHP.

• Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)

• National Health Survey: First results
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey
• Health: Census