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Australia National Health Survey 2007-2008

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General Info
Provider 
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Geography 
Australia (AUS)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
08/2007 - 07/2008
Series or system 
Australia National Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Australia National Health Survey 2007-2008 collected data on the health status of the population, use of health services, and lifestyle risk factors. Information on long-term conditions was self-reported; the study focused primarily on asthma, cancer, diabetes, disabilities, and heart and circulatory conditions. Questions on a number of lifestyle behaviors covered smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, obesity, and dietary habits. The sample size was 20,000 private households from all states and territories, across all age groups. Out of 15,792 households, 20,788 people were interviewed.

 

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anemia, Asthma, Back pain, Body mass index, Breast cancer, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cataracts, Causes of morbidity, Child anthropometry, Chronic respiratory diseases, Colon and rectum cancers, Conduction disorders and other dysrhythmias, Corrective lenses, Cough, Dental care, Diabetes, Dietary supplements, Disability, Edema, Education, Education degrees, Emergency care, Employment, Epilepsy, Family composition, Family size, Fruits and vegetables, Glaucoma, Goiter, Gout, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Hours worked, Housing conditions, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Hypertriglyceridemia, Income, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Insulin, Interpersonal violence, Ischemic heart disease, Leukemia, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Medicines, Melanoma, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Micronutrient supplements, Migraine, Musculoskeletal diseases, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Noncommunicable diseases, Obesity, Occupational injuries, Occupations, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Otitis media, Pain, Peptic ulcer disease, Physical activity, Physical examinations, Physical therapy, Pregnancy, Prostate cancer, Psoriasis, Public social assistance, Rheumatoid arthritis, Road traffic injuries, Sense organ diseases, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Vision loss, Vitamin D supplements, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 10, 2022