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released: 1 May 1991 author: Mathers C

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

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Publication table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Summary 
  • Introduction
  • Health expectancies for Australians in 1988
  • Trends for Australians, 1981 to 1988
  • Survival curves for Australians
  • Health expectancies for States and Territories, 1988
  • Trends for States and Territories,  1981 to 1988
  • Discussion and conclusions
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • A Data sources and definitions
    • A.1  ABS surveys of disability and handicap, 1981 and 1988
    • A.2  Definitions of disability and-handicap
    • A.3  Calculations of prevalence rates
    • A.4  Graduation of prevalence rates by single  years of age
    • A.5 Life tables for Australia and  States and Territories
  • B The Sullivan method for calculating health expectancies
  • C Standard errors of health expectancies
  • D Unabridged health expectancy tables for Australia
  • E Abridged health expectancy tables for Australia and States and Territories

Recommended citation

Mathers C 1991. Health expectancies in Australia 1981 and 1988. Cat. no. AIHW 430. Canberra: AIHW.