State of Our Health
The Health Performance Council acknowledges the diverse Aboriginal peoples of South Australia and their participation in the life of South Australia. We acknowledge and respect their spiritual relationship with their respective country and we acknowledge them as the custodians of their country and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to them today.
State of Our Health is one way that we continue to advise the Minister for Health and Wellbeing on the performance of the health system in responding to the health priorities and emerging trends in health outcomes of South Australians.
State of Our Health is an authoritative source of intelligence on health status and health outcomes in the South Australian population. It reports on over 40 measures, grouped into five domains from the point of view of a person's key life stages.
Wherever possible, State of Our Health reports measures as time series, by SA Health local health network and by specific population groups—age and sex, socio-economic status, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons.
Chapters 1, 2 and 5 of the online version were updated in September 2019. Chapters 3 and 4 were updated in May 2020.
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Measures reported in State of Our Health
Chapter 1. Demographic profile of South Australia
- 1-3-1. Income and households
- 1-3-2. Socio-economic status
- 1-3-3. Education attainmennt
- 1-3-4. Level of private health insurance
Chapter 2. Starting well and the early years
- 2-2-1. Maternal age in South Australia
- 2-2-2. Aboriginal maternal age
- 2-2-3. Teenage women giving birth
- 2-2-4. Aboriginal teenage women giving birth
- 2-2-5. Women aged 35 years and over giving birth
- 2-2-6. Aboriginal women aged 35 years and over giving birth
- 2-3-1. Awareness of benefits of folate intake – by region
- 2-3-2. Awareness of benefits of folate intake – by age and sex
- 2-3-3. Awareness of benefits of folate intake – by socio-economic status
- 2-3-4. Type of folic acid intake
- 2-4-1. Antenatal visits
- 2-4-2. Smoking during pregnancy
- 2-4-3. Gestational diabetes
- 2-4-4. Overweight and obesity in pregnancy
2-9. Childhood developmental health checks
- 2-9-1. Childhood developmental health checks
- 2-9-2. Aboriginal childhood developmental health checks
2-10. Childhood immunisation coverage
- 2-10-1. Children aged 5 years fully immunised
- 2-10-2. Aboriginal children aged 5 years fully immunised
2-11. Childhood overweight and obesity
- 2-11-1. Overweight and obesity in non-Aboriginal children
- 2-11-2. Overweight and obesity in Aboriginal children
Chapter 3. Staying healthy and ageing well
- 3-2-1. Health status in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-2-2. Health status in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-2-3. Health status in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-2-4. Health status in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-2-5. Health status of Aboriginal people
Protective factors of Staying Healthy and Ageing Well
- 3-3-1. Fruit intake in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-3-2. Fruit intake in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-3-3. Fruit intake in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-3-4. Fruit intake in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-3-5. Fruit intake – Aboriginal people
3-4. Nutrition – Vegetable intake
- 3-4-1. Vegetable intake in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-4-2. Vegetable intake in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-4-3. Vegetable intake in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-4-4. Vegetable intake in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-4-5. Vegetable intake – Aboriginal people
3-5. Physical activity (exercise)
- 3-5-1. Physical activity in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-5-2. Physical activity in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-5-3. Physical activity in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-5-4. Physical activity in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-5-5. Physical activity – Aboriginal people
Human function factors of Staying Healthy and Ageing Well
- 3-6-1. Disability in South Australia
- 3-6-2. Need for assistance due to profound or severe disability in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-6-3. Need for assistance due to profound or severe disability in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-6-4. Need for assistance due to profound or severe disability in South Australia – Aboriginal people
Risk factors of Staying Healthy and Ageing Well
- 3-7-1. People living with multiple risk factors in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-7-2. People living with multiple risk factors in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-7-3. People living with multiple risk factors in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-7-4. People living with multiple risk factors – by state and territory
- 3-7-5. People living with multiple risk factors – Aboriginal people
- 3-8-1. Alcohol-related injury risk in South Australia – by Statistical Area
- 3-8-2. Alcohol-related injury risk in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-8-3. Alcohol-related injury risk – by socio-economic status
- 3-8-4. Alcohol-related lifetime risk in South Australia – by Statistical Area
- 3-8-5. Alcohol-related lifetime risk in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-8-6. Alcohol-related lifetime risk – by socio-economic status
- 3-8-7. Long-term risk of harm from alcohol – by state and territory
- 3-8-8. Long-term risk of harm from alcohol – Aboriginal people
- 3-9-1. Overweight and Obesity in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-9-2. Overweight and Obesity in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-9-3. Overweight and Obesity in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-9-4. Overweight and Obesity in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-9-5. Overweight and Obesity – Aboriginal people
- 3-10-1. High blood pressure in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-10-2. High blood pressure in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-10-3. High blood pressure in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-10-4. High blood pressure in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-10-5. High blood pressure – Aboriginal people
- 3-11-1. High cholesterol in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-11-2. High cholesterol in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-11-3. High cholesterol in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-11-4. High cholesterol in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-11-5. High cholesterol – Aboriginal people
- 3-12-1. Smoking prevalence in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-12-2. Smoking prevalence in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-12-3. Smoking prevalence in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-12-4. Smoking prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-12-5. Smoking prevalence – Aboriginal people
3-13. Psychological distress (anxiety and depression)
- 3-13-1. Psychological distress in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-13-2. Psychological distress in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-13-3. Psychological distress in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-13-4. Psychological distress in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-13-5. Psychological distress – Aboriginal people
- 3-14-1. Cancer in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 3-14-2. Cancer in South Australia – by age and sex
- 3-14-3. Cancer in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 3-14-4. Cancer in Australia – by state and territory
- 3-14-5. Cancer – Aboriginal people
Chapter 4. Living with chronic conditions
4-1. Multiple chronic and long-term health conditions
- 4-1-1. Living with multiple chronic conditions in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-1-2. Living with multiple chronic conditions in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-1-3. Living with multiple chronic conditions in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-1-4. Living with multiple long-term health conditions in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-1-5. Living with multiple long-term health conditions – Aboriginal people
- 4-2-1. Arthritis prevalence in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-2-2. Arthritis prevalence in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-2-3. Arthritis prevalence in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-2-4. Arthritis prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-2-5. Arthritis prevalence – Aboriginal people
- 4-3-1. Mental health conditions in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-3-2. Mental health conditions in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-3-3. Mental health conditions in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-3-4. Mental health conditions in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-3-5. Mental health conditions – Aboriginal people
- 4-4-1. Asthma prevalence in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-4-2. Asthma prevalence in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-4-3. Asthma prevalence in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-4-4. Asthma prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-4-5. Asthma prevalence – Aboriginal people
- 4-5-1. Diabetes prevalence in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-5-2. Diabetes prevalence in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-5-3. Diabetes prevalence in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-5-4. Diabetes prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-5-5. Diabetes prevalence – Aboriginal people
- 4-6-1. Cardiovascular disease prevalence in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-6-2. Cardiovascular disease prevalence in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-6-3. Cardiovascular disease prevalence in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-6-4. Cardiovascular disease prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-6-5. Cardiovascular disease prevalence – Aboriginal people
- 4-7-1. Osteoporosis prevalence in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- 4-7-2. Osteoporosis prevalence in South Australia – by age and sex
- 4-7-3. Osteoporosis prevalence in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- 4-7-4. Osteoporosis prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-7-5. Osteoporosis prevalence – Aboriginal people
4-8. COPD, bronchitis and emphysema
- 4-8-1. Chronic bronchitis or emphysema prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-8-2. Chronic bronchitis or emphysema prevalence – Aboriginal people
- 4-9-1. Back pain prevalence in Australia – by state and territory
- 4-9-2. Back pain prevalence – Aboriginal people
Chapter 5. End of life
- 5-2-1. Male median age at death
- 5-2-2. Female median age at death
- 5-2-3. Aboriginal median age at death
- Summary – Top 3 causes of death
- 5-5-1. Ages under one year – Top 3 causes of death
- 5-5-2. Ages one year and over by cohort – Top 3 causes of death
