Determinants of health: Health behaviours

A person’s health is influenced by their behaviours. The impact of many health problems experienced by Australians could be reduced or prevented entirely by changing behaviours related to such things as tobacco smoking, being overweight or obese, high alcohol use, physical inactivity and high blood pressure.

These indicators focus on behaviours that are known to put a person’s health at risk.

Part of: Australia's health performance framework

Indicators

Rates of current daily smokers Expand

The proportion of adults (aged 18 and over) who are current daily smokers.

To explore this topic in more detail see Smoking

See indicator metadata specifications in METeOR

Available data: National - State & Territory - Primary Health Network (select option from Explore data above)

Children exposed to tobacco smoke in the home Expand

The proportion of households with dependent children (aged 0–14) where someone reports living with a smoker who smokes inside the home.

To explore this topic in more detail see Smoking

See indicator metadata specifications in METeOR

Available data: National - State & Territory (select option from Explore data above)

Levels of risky alcohol consumption Expand

The proportion of adults (aged 18 and over) at risk of long-term harm from alcohol (consuming more than 2 standard drinks per day on average), based on the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol.

To explore this topic in more detail see Alcohol

See indicator metadata specifications in METeOR

Available data: National - State & Territory - Primary Health Network (select option from Explore data above)

Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake Expand

The proportion of children (aged 2–17) and adults (aged 18 and over) not eating sufficient serves of fruit and vegetables each day to obtain a health benefit based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

To explore this topic in more detail see Food & nutrition

See indicator metadata specifications in METeOR

Available data: National - State & Territory (select option from Explore data above)

Insufficient physical activity Expand

The proportion of children (aged 2–17) and adults (aged 18 and over) who perform insufficient physical activity based on the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines.

To explore this topic in more detail see Physical activity

See indicator metadata specifications in METeOR

Available data: National - State & Territory - Primary Health Network (select option from Explore data above)

Unsafe sharing of needles Expand

The proportion of people who inject drugs participating in needle and syringe programs who reported re-using someone else’s needles and syringes in the previous month, based on the Australian Needle Syringe Program Survey National Data Report 2018—2022.

To explore this topic in more detail please see Illicit use of drugs.

See indicator metadata specifications in METeOR

Available data: National - State & Territory (select option from Explore data above)

Explore data

Determinants of health: Health behaviours

Part of: Australia's health performance framework

Indicators

Rates of current daily smokers

Children exposed to tobacco smoke in the home

Levels of risky alcohol consumption

Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake

Insufficient physical activity

Unsafe sharing of needles

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