HEALTH

Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: self-assessed health status; main health condition; disability status; long-term health conditions; carer status; personal stressors; level of exercise; body mass index; smoker status; alcohol risk level; intake of fruit and vegetables; underlying and number of causes of death; multiple causes of death; associated causes of death; external causes of death; difficulty travelling; and physical and emotional problems interfering with social activity.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related data items unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Health Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	National Health Survey 2004-05	Disability, Ageing and Carers 2003	Participation in Sports and Physical Recreation 2005-06	Causes of Death 2005	General Social Survey 2002
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of last residence	x
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x	x		x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English	x				x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home	x				x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x	x	x	x	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x	x	x		x
Selected economic characteristics	x	x	x		x

MORE DETAILED SOURCE INFORMATION

National Health Survey, 2004-05

3415.0 Migrants, National Health Survey, 2004-05 (304kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - National Health Survey: Summary of Results, 2001 (cat. no. 4364.0)

Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2003

3415.0 Migrants, Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2003 (365kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2003 (cat. no. 4430.0)

Participation in Sports and Physical Recreation, 2005–06

3415.0 Migrants, Participation in Sports and Physical Recreation, 2005–06 (253kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Participation in Sports and Physical Recreation, Australia, 2005–06 (cat. no. 4177.0)

Causes of Death, 2005

3415.0 Migrants, Causes of Death, 2005 (319kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Causes of Death, Australia, 2005 (cat. no. 3303.0)

General Social Survey, 2002

3415.0 Migrants, General Social Survey, 2002 (274kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2002 (cat. no. 4159.0.55.006)