4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1995
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HEALTH STATUS
Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Male life expectancy at birth years 1993 74.8
75.4
75.1
75.0
75.1
73.9
69.2
76.2
75.0
Female life expectancy at birth years 1993 80.8
81.1
81.0
80.5
81.2
80.1
73.8
82.3
80.9
Total number of deaths '000 1993 43.1
31.2
20.0
11.5
10.3
3.6
0.8
1.1
121.6
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) no. 1993 7.2
7.0
6.4
7.9
6.2
7.7
4.5
3.7
6.9
Standardised death rate (per 1,000 population) no. 1993 6.7
6.5
6.5
6.8
6.6
7.2
10.0
5.9
6.6
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) no. 1993 6.2
5.4
7.0
5.2
5.9
5.9
15.3
4.3
6.1
Perinatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) no. 1993 8.5
7.5
8.1
7.6
7.3
9.5
19.3
7.2
8.2
CAUSES OF DEATH
Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Ischaemic heart disease death rate (per 100,000 population) no. 1993 178
164
166
199
149
174
54
75
168
Cancer death rate (per 100,000 population) no. 1993 191
194
172
203
167
196
94
116
185
Road accident death rate (per 100,000 population) no. 1993 9
10
13
14
13
13
24
4
11
Suicide death rate (per 100,000 population) no. 1993 12
11
12
11
13
18
13
9
12
AIDS related death rate (per 100,000 population) no. 1993 7
3
3
2
2
1
3
2
4
RISK FACTORS
Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
High risk drinkers (of persons 18 years and over) % 1989-90 4.7
3.7
4.9
3.9
3.7
2.8
9.1
5.2
4.3
Current smokers (of persons 18 years and over) % 1989-90 28.8
27.6
28.4
27.8
28.1
28.8
39.8
30.3
28.4
Acceptable weight (of person 18 years and over) % 1989-90 48.3
48.3
47.3
46.5
48.2
48.2
40.7
52.8
48.0
Fully immunised children aged six years (of six year olds) % 1989-90 64.7
67.0
76.4
68.8
73.2
61.8
71.7
72.2
68.7
SERVICES
Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Average Medicare services processed per person no. 1993-94 11.2
9.9
9.8
9.8
8.9
8.9
6.1
8.5
10.1
Acute hospital beds per 1,000 population no. 1992-93 4.3
4.3
4.6
5.1
4.0
4.6
4.3
3.3
4.4
Average length of stay in hospital days 1992-93 4.7
4.7
4.7
5.0
4.7
4.9
5.0
4.7
4.8
Doctors per 100,000 population no. 1991 239
235
212
256
206
204
210
238
230
EXPENDITURE
expenditure Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Persons with private health insurance (of population) % 1992 50.0
46.6
38.3
54.4
53.3
50.0
44.7
53.7
47.8