Self-reported health Data dictionary

Proportion of people with disability who reported excellent, very good or good health compared with people without disability.

2022

2017–18¹

People aged 15 and over.

People aged 15 and over with/without disability or a long-term health condition who rate their health as excellent, very good or good.

People aged 15 and over with/without disability or a long-term health condition.

The number of people aged 15 and over with/without disability or a long-term health condition who rate their health as excellent, very good or good, divided by the number of people aged 15 and over with/without disability.

Expressed as a percentage.

100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

1. While the 2020–21 NHS data are available, the 2020–21 data are considered a break in time series from previous NHS collections and cannot be used for comparisons over time. The 2020–21 survey was collected during the COVID-19 pandemic which significantly changed the data collection, and impacted response rates and sample representativeness for sub-populations.
2. This measure uses ABS National Health Survey (NHS) data for all reporting, with the exception of reporting results for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Results for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are sourced from the ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS).
3. While the ABS National Health Survey, 2022 reports this data in terms of sex at birth, for ADS OF reporting purposes it was deemed more appropriate to report this data by gender, and for cisgender and trans and gender diverse people. Sex at birth, gender and cisgender/transgender data are included in the ADS OF Data downloads.