This report contains a number of data tables highlighting the prevalence of selected health risk factors for Australian women by quintile of socio-economic disadvantage. Self-reported health risk factors include; smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and obesity. Chronic disease risk factors include; coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease.  Further Info

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The Victorian 2001 census Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) data provides the four indexes of relative socio-economic wellbeing: Index of Advantage/Disadvantage, Index of Disadvantage, Index of Economic Resources, and Index of Education and Occupation. The index data is reported by post code, suburb, local government area (LGA), state and commonwealth electoral divisions, statistical division and subdivision, and statistical local area. The 2006 census SEIFA data is expected to be available from the ABS in March 2008.  Further Info

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Authors: Bryan Kennedy and David Firman
This paper, presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association, investigates whether the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census-based Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) accurately measures the socio-economic status of populations at small area levels, particularly Indigenous populations.  Further Info

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