Trends in Australia's health

Question 1

how many people in australia now?

Answer 1

25 million

Question 2

how many people in australia in 2100?

Answer 2

41 million

Question 3

does age specific population growth mirror global population growth?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

in 2050, what proportion of the population will be people aged over 65?

Answer 4

1/4

Question 5

what will happen to number of australian centerians over the years?

Answer 5

increase

Question 6

where is most of the australian population located?

Answer 6

major cities and coast

Question 7

describe trends in AUstralia’s life expectancy

• in general
• for males vs females

Answer 7

continually increasing

females always higher than males

Question 8

describe distribution of YLD in australia over age groups

Answer 8

approximately normally distributed

Question 9

describe distribution of YLL In australia over age groups

Answer 9

skewed towards older age groups

Question 10

do YLL and YLD have roughly equal contributions

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

most burden of diseases come from what conditions

Answer 11

cardiovascular diseases
cancer
MSK conditions
mental health

Question 12

do men or women have higher BOD?

Answer 12

men

Question 13

men have higher BOD due to ___, and women have higher BOD due to ___

Answer 13

injury

reproductive issues

Question 14

describe trends of child mortality and fertility in australia

Answer 14

both decreased til 2000 and remained constant after that

Question 15

describe aboriginal and torres strait islander life expectancy, compared to non -

Answer 15

10 years lower

Question 16

indigenous life expectancy: males vs females?

Answer 16

higher in females

Question 17

indigenous life expectancy: is it increasing?

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

describe shape of indigenous population distribution

Answer 18

pyramid shaped

Question 19

do indigenous people have higher rates of the 4 main non communicable diseases - cvd, cancer, chronic lung diseases, diabetes?

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

close the gap campaign: which target is on track?

Answer 20

equal year 12 attainment

Question 21

close the gap campaign: which 6 targets are not on track

Answer 21

equal

• early childhood education, school attendance, reading/writing/literacy, employment
• child mortality rates
• life expectancy