Excellent, very good, or good self-rated health status by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 78.5 (70.4-86.5) | 69.1 (62.0-76.1) | 66.3 (58.9-73.8) | 69.0 (63.1-74.9) | 63.5 (55.9-71.0) | 69.2 (66.0-72.4) |
| 1998 | 73.7 (65.7-81.7) | 76.3 (68.7-83.8) | 72.5 (65.7-79.3) | 69.0 (63.4-74.7) | 64.1 (56.4-71.8) | 71.1 (68.0-74.2) | |
| 2002 | 74.4 (65.4-83.5) | 76.6 (68.7-84.5) | 70.2 (63.0-77.5) | 75.0 (69.8-80.3) | 67.3 (60.7-73.8) | 72.4 (69.3-75.5) | |
| 2003 | 76.8 (67.3-86.2) | 73.4 (65.2-81.6) | 72.2 (64.7-79.7) | 75.5 (71.1-79.9) | 68.9 (61.0-76.9) | 73.3 (70.1-76.5) | |
| 2004 | 71.5 (61.2-81.8) | 77.2 (69.8-84.7) | 76.0 (68.3-83.7) | 69.7 (62.9-76.6) | 73.8 (66.0-81.7) | 73.7 (70.1-77.3) | |
| 2005 | 85.1 (80.2-90.0) | 73.8 (67.1-80.4) | 74.1 (67.9-80.3) | 76.5 (70.8-82.2) | 73.1 (65.8-80.3) | 76.4 (73.7-79.2) | |
| 2006 | 73.3 (64.9-81.8) | 69.2 (61.2-77.3) | 73.7 (66.7-80.8) | 76.4 (69.8-83.0) | 67.0 (59.0-75.0) | 72.1 (68.7-75.5) | |
| 2007 | 80.5 (74.9-86.1) | 78.1 (72.0-84.2) | 73.0 (66.8-79.2) | 78.0 (72.9-83.1) | 71.7 (65.2-78.3) | 75.8 (73.1-78.5) | |
| Females | 1997 | 77.6 (70.9-84.3) | 73.2 (67.3-79.1) | 70.9 (65.1-76.7) | 71.8 (67.4-76.2) | 65.6 (59.3-71.9) | 71.7 (69.1-74.3) |
| 1998 | 70.9 (64.3-77.5) | 65.1 (59.0-71.2) | 65.0 (59.1-70.8) | 67.7 (62.8-72.7) | 70.1 (64.1-76.1) | 67.9 (65.2-70.5) | |
| 2002 | 73.9 (65.3-82.5) | 75.8 (69.6-82.1) | 68.9 (63.3-74.5) | 70.9 (66.1-75.6) | 59.8 (53.7-65.8) | 68.6 (65.8-71.4) | |
| 2003 | 74.3 (66.6-82.0) | 73.5 (67.1-79.9) | 72.2 (66.5-77.9) | 72.7 (68.6-76.7) | 65.6 (59.1-72.0) | 71.7 (69.1-74.3) | |
| 2004 | 73.0 (65.3-80.6) | 68.1 (61.1-75.1) | 71.5 (65.1-77.8) | 72.8 (67.3-78.2) | 68.7 (61.0-76.4) | 71.0 (67.9-74.0) | |
| 2005 | 76.4 (70.3-82.5) | 68.3 (62.5-74.0) | 69.3 (64.2-74.4) | 70.0 (65.2-74.8) | 66.5 (60.3-72.7) | 69.9 (67.4-72.4) | |
| 2006 | 81.3 (75.4-87.3) | 71.3 (64.7-77.8) | 66.7 (60.4-73.0) | 68.0 (62.4-73.7) | 58.4 (51.1-65.7) | 69.3 (66.5-72.2) | |
| 2007 | 76.4 (71.3-81.5) | 72.1 (66.9-77.3) | 70.6 (65.8-75.3) | 71.4 (67.1-75.6) | 66.5 (60.9-72.1) | 70.9 (68.7-73.2) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 78.0 (72.8-83.1) | 71.3 (66.8-75.9) | 69.0 (64.4-73.6) | 70.5 (66.9-74.1) | 64.6 (59.8-69.5) | 70.6 (68.6-72.6) |
| 1998 | 72.1 (67.0-77.2) | 70.2 (65.3-75.0) | 68.4 (64.0-72.9) | 68.3 (64.6-72.1) | 67.5 (62.7-72.3) | 69.3 (67.3-71.3) | |
| 2002 | 74.1 (67.9-80.4) | 76.2 (71.2-81.2) | 69.5 (65.0-73.9) | 72.8 (69.3-76.4) | 63.1 (58.5-67.6) | 70.3 (68.3-72.4) | |
| 2003 | 75.2 (69.2-81.2) | 73.5 (68.4-78.6) | 72.2 (67.5-76.9) | 73.9 (71.0-76.9) | 67.1 (62.0-72.2) | 72.4 (70.4-74.4) | |
| 2004 | 72.3 (66.0-78.6) | 72.4 (67.2-77.5) | 73.4 (68.5-78.3) | 71.4 (67.1-75.7) | 71.1 (65.6-76.6) | 72.2 (69.9-74.5) | |
| 2005 | 80.6 (76.5-84.6) | 70.7 (66.3-75.1) | 71.5 (67.5-75.4) | 72.8 (69.2-76.5) | 69.4 (64.7-74.2) | 72.8 (71.0-74.7) | |
| 2006 | 77.7 (72.7-82.7) | 70.3 (65.2-75.5) | 69.8 (65.0-74.5) | 71.8 (67.5-76.1) | 62.6 (57.1-68.0) | 70.6 (68.4-72.8) | |
| 2007 | 78.3 (74.5-82.1) | 74.8 (70.8-78.8) | 71.7 (67.9-75.5) | 74.3 (71.1-77.6) | 68.8 (64.6-73.1) | 73.1 (71.4-74.9) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,283), 1998 (3,392), 2002 (3,416), 2003 (3,567), 2004 (2,581), 2005 (3,376), 2006 (2,376), 2007 (3,610). The indicator includes those responding excellent, very good, or good to a global self-rated health status question. The question used to define the indicator was: Overall, how would you rate your health during the last 4 weeks? Was it excellent, very good, good, fair, poor, or very poor? The question used to define the indicator in 1997 and 1998 was: In general would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 July 2008 |