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Social determinants
Socioeconomic indices


Socioeconomic Indices For Areas (SEIFA) scores by health area, NSW 2001
Health area Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage Education and Occupation
Sydney South West 963 995
South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra 1029 1049
Sydney West 997 998
Northern Sydney & Central Coast 1075 1095
Hunter & New England 969 958
North Coast 956 958
Greater Southern 994 966
Greater Western 966 950
NSW 1000 1010

ASGC category Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage Education and Occupation
Major cities 1010 1030
Inner regional 982 968
Outer regional & remote 964 941
NSW 1000 1010


Note: Australian scores are the reference point and are set to 1,000 for each index. Scores for area health services are population-weighted means of the scores of their constituent census collector districts.
Source: ABS Socio Economic Indices for Areas (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.

Downloadable files: The data contained in the table on this page are available for download as a CSV file which can be imported into many software packages.
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Suggested citation: Public Health Division, The Health of the people of New South Wales - Report of the Chief Health Officer. NSW Department of Health, Sydney, Available at: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/soc/soc_seifa_ahs.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
Produced by: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Public Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 4 December 2006

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