This report provides estimates of health expectancies for Australians. Data on the prevalence of disability and handicap were derived from population surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1981 and 1988. These surveys relied on respondents' personal assessments of impairments and disabilities and on limitations or need for assistance in carrying out various specified activities of daily living.

ISBN 978 0 644 14248 9; Cat. no. AIHW 430; 128pp.; OUT OF PRINT