4364.0.55.001 - National Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/12/2018


Key Findings About the National Health Survey Self-assessed health status Psychological distress Chronic conditions Arthritis and osteoporosis Asthma Cancer Diabetes mellitus High cholesterol Heart, stroke and vascular disease Hypertension and measured high blood pressure Kidney disease Mental and behavioural conditions Smoking Overweight and obesity Waist circumference Alcohol consumption Fruit and vegetable consumption Sugar sweetened and diet drink consumption Physical activity Children's risk factors How healthy is the typical Australian? (Media Release) One in five Australians has a mental or behavioural condition (Media Release) More young people have never smoked (Media Release) More than two thirds of Australians now overweight or obese (Media Release) More men than women drinking sugar sweetened drinks (Media Release) Men lead reduction in alcohol consumption (Media Release) Key Findings — States and Territories New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory Neighbourhood impacts on health Breastfeeding More people have never smoked in NSW (Media Release) Fewer children overweight or obese in Victoria (Media Release) More Queenslanders have never smoked (Media Release) Proportion of overweight or obese adults in SA rises (Media Release) Smoking rates fall in Western Australia (Media Release) Higher rates of chronic health conditions in Tasmania (Media Release) Lower rates of chronic conditions in the NT (Media Release) ACT residents healthier than other Australians (Media Release) About this Release Self-reported height and weight (Feature Article) History of Changes	The Latest Issue of this Product can now be found in National Health Survey: First Results. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.