SYMBOLS AND USAGES
The following symbols and usages mean:
billion | 1,000 million |
hrs | hours |
km | kilometre |
mins | minutes |
mls | millilitres |
m2 | square metre |
n.a. | not available |
n.y.a. | not yet available |
no. | number |
p | preliminary - figures or series subject to revision |
r | figures or series revised since previous edition |
'000 | thousand |
'000m | thousand million |
$ | dollar |
$m | million dollars |
$US | American dollar |
% | per cent |
* | subject to high sampling variability |
** | data suppressed due to unacceptably high sampling variability |
.. | not applicable |
- | nil or rounded to zero |
Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.
ABBREVIATIONS
Australia, States and Territories of Australia
Aust. | Australia |
NSW | New South Wales |
Vic. | Victoria |
Qld | Queensland |
SA | South Australia |
WA | Western Australia |
Tas. | Tasmania |
NT | Northern Territory |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
Other abbreviations
MESC | Main English speaking countries - United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States of America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia |
NESC | Non-English speaking countries - all countries other than the main English speaking countries |
NZ | New Zealand |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PNG | Papua New Guinea |
UK | United Kingdom |
UN | United Nations |
UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
USA | United States of America |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
WHO | World Health Organisation |