Central Sydney, excellent, very good, or good self-rated health status by age,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2005-2007
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2005-2007
| Central Sydney | NSW | |||||
| Age (years) | Males % (95% CI) | Females % (95% CI) | Persons % (95% CI) | Males % (95% CI) | Females % (95% CI) | Persons % (95% CI) |
| 16-24 | 78.2 (64.7-91.8) | 81.3 (70.8-91.8) | 80.1 (71.8-88.4) | 87.9 (85.7-90.1) | 81.8 (79.3-84.3) | 84.9 (83.2-86.6) |
| 25-34 | 88.5 (81.3-95.6) | 78.7 (71.1-86.3) | 83.8 (78.5-89.0) | 89.5 (87.3-91.7) | 81.5 (79.4-83.7) | 85.5 (84.0-87.1) |
| 35-44 | 90.1 (84.1-96.1) | 82.4 (75.2-89.7) | 86.1 (81.3-90.9) | 85.1 (83.0-87.2) | 81.4 (79.4-83.3) | 83.2 (81.8-84.7) |
| 45-54 | 73.8 (61.8-85.7) | 71.7 (61.3-82.1) | 72.6 (64.8-80.5) | 81.0 (78.9-83.1) | 80.0 (78.3-81.8) | 80.5 (79.2-81.9) |
| 55-64 | 86.2 (78.2-94.2) | 62.6 (52.0-73.1) | 74.7 (67.6-81.8) | 77.6 (75.5-79.6) | 76.3 (74.6-78.0) | 76.9 (75.6-78.3) |
| 65-74 | 74.8 (59.3-90.4) | 66.2 (52.5-80.0) | 70.6 (60.3-81.0) | 78.9 (76.8-81.0) | 73.0 (71.0-74.9) | 75.9 (74.4-77.3) |
| 75+ | 71.4 (53.5-89.3) | 67.3 (54.7-79.9) | 68.6 (58.3-78.9) | 68.8 (65.9-71.6) | 66.9 (64.7-69.2) | 67.7 (65.9-69.5) |
| All | 83.6 (79.8-87.5) | 75.9 (72.2-79.7) | 79.6 (76.8-82.3) | 83.0 (82.2-83.9) | 78.5 (77.7-79.3) | 80.7 (80.2-81.3) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on 1,150 respondents in Central Sydney and 30,927 in NSW. For this indicator 0 (0.00%) were 'not stated' (Don't know or Refused) in Central Sydney and 78 (0.25%) were 'not stated' (Don't know or Refused) in NSW. The indicator includes those responding excellent, very good, or good to a global self-rated health status question. The question used to define the indicator was: Overall, how would you rate your health during the last 4 weeks: Was it excellent, very good, good, fair, poor, or very poor? The question used to define the indicator in 1997 and 1998 was: In general would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 November 2008 |