1 Adult + 1 child (2+)Non-remote - 1250 persons

Remote - 1750 persons

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY SURVEY (NATSINPAS)

Dietary recall Physical activity

Selected conditions

NATSINPASTelephone follow-up*

(Non-Remote) 2nd dietary recall 8-day pedometer (5+)

 

2 Adults + 2 children (non-remote) - 5900 persons 1 Adult + 1 child (remote) - 3400 persons

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAITISLANDER HEALTH SURVEY (NATSIHS) Long-term health conditionsHealth-related actionsDisability and recent injuriesBreastfeeding (0-3)Days of reduced activity (5+)Physical activity (5+) Personal income (15+)Family stressors (15+)Immunisation (15+)Alcohol & substance use (15+)Private health insurance* (15+)Female contraception (18-49)Social & emotional wellbeing (18+)Cultural identification (18+)Discrimination (18+)Male contraception (18+)Women’s health (e.g. pap smears) (18+)

CORE CONTENT1 Adult + 1 child (2 yrs +)

Household information Demographics Fruit & vegetable intake (2+)Salt use (2+)Physical measurements (2+)Blood pressure (5+)Self-assessed body mass (15+)Smoking (15+)Self-assessed health (15+)

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH MEASURES SURVEY

(NATSIHMS) All adult survey participants invited to

VOLUNTEERKey blood and urine tests of nutritional status

and chronic disease markers (18+)

*Excludes remote communities.Population is all persons unless otherwise indicated.

Structure of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health SurveySample Size = 7,700 Households, 12,300 people

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:

How do they perceive their health?

What kind of health conditions are most prevalent?

Are people using health services more?

Some key questions

Have smoking rates declined?

What are the patterns of alcohol consumption?

Are overweight/obesity rates different for males and females?

Some key questions

Since 2002, the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who, in 2012-13:

smoke on a daily basis…has fallen

have never smoked …has increased

Headline results

Fewer smokers

2002 2008 2012-130

10

20

30

40

50

6049

4541

33 34 37

1520 21

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, smoker status, 2002, 2008 & 2012-13

Current daily smokers

Never smoked

Ex-smokers

%

2002 2008 2012-130

10

20

30

40

50

60

4843

38

50 49 50

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, current daily smokers,

by remoteness, 2002, 2008 & 2012-13

Non-remoteRemote

%

Smoking by remoteness

Fewer young smokers

2002 2012-130

10

20

30

40

50

60

44

34

44

54

7 10

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15-24 years, smoker status, 2002 and 2012-13

Current daily smokers

Never smoked

Ex-smokers

%

Consuming alcohol

Series10

102030405060708090 77

68

Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, who had consumed alcohol in

the past year, 2012-13

MalesFemales%

Single occasion risk – ‘no more than 4 standard drinks on a single occasion reduces the risk of alcohol-related injury arising from that occasion’.

Lifetime risk – ‘no more than 2 standard drinks on any day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury’.

*NHMRC guidelines 2009

Risky levels of alcohol consumption

Alcohol - single occasion risk

Series10

10203040506070 64

44

5548

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, exceeded guidelines for single occasion risk, 2012-13

MaleFemaleNon-remoteRemote

%

Alcohol - lifetime risk

0

5

10

15

20

25

3026

10

18 17

MalesFemalesNon-remoteRemote

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, exceeded guidelines for lifetime risk, remoteness and sex 2012-13

%

Perceptions of Health

Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor05

10152025303540

13

26

36

18

7

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, self-reported

health status, 2012-13

%

In 2012-13, 45% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were living with 3 or more long-term health conditions. -The comparable non-Indigenous rate was 39%.*Age standardised

Long-term health conditions

Long-term health conditions

One health condition Two or more health conditions

Three or more health conditions

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

21.2

14.1

35.3

20.3

11.6

23.2

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with long term health con-

ditions, 2012-13

Non-remote Remote%

Overweight and obesity

Overweight Obese Neither overweight nor obese

05

1015202530354045

3034

36

27

40

33

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over, Obesity and overweight rates by sex, 2012-13

MaleFemale

%

0–14 15–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55 and over Total0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

1620

2325

30

38

22

12

1721

2628

24

19

5 5 4 5 5 6 5

With GP/special-ist

With other health pro-fessional

With dental pro-fessional

Age group (years)

%

Health-related actionsProportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who had consulted with health professionals in the previous 2 weeks, 2012-13

Compared with non-Indigenous Australians in 2012-13, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:

all ages - 3.3 times more likely to be living with diabetes

15 years & over - 2.6 times more likely to be a daily smoker

15 years & over - 1.5 times more likely to be obese

Prevalence of health conditions and health risks

More information

ABS National Information Referral Service: 1300 135 070

Release schedule:

First Results – Nov 2013(cat. no. 4727.0.55.001)

Updated results (June 2014)

Biomedical Results (September 2014)

Physical Activity (September 2014)

Nutrition — Foods, Nutrients and Supplements (September 2014)

www.abs.gov.au

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