Trying to find something specific in relation to the health of the population of Greater Southern - but don't know where to look, then try the links in this table.
This table is to be used as a guide and we do not suggest these are the only sources of such information. The link may not take you directly to the data you require but to the organisations' homepage. If you have any comments, suggestions or additions to this page click here: Feedback
Some data may not be available to persons external to the Greater Southern due to confidentiality issues.
This table is based on the Matrix for Selecting Indicators and Data Sources by the Primary Care Partnerships, Department of Human Services, Victoria, from the document, Primary Care Partnerships: Selecting and Accessing Population Data - An Information Resource.
Abbreviations:
| Demographic and Social Characteristics: | Data Source or link |
| Population size and projections |
ABS Census Community Profiles, Estimated Resident Population (ERP), ABS, ABS Regional Profiles , GSHDO |
| Sex, Age | ABS Census Community Profiles, Estimated Resident Population (ERP), Population Projections |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Status | GSHDO, ABS Census Community Profiles, Indigenous Community Profiles |
| Ethnicity/Language | ABS Census Community Profiles, Extended Community Profiles, |
| Socio-economic status | GSHDO, ABS Census Community Profiles, SEIFA indices, |
| Income | ABS Census Community Profiles, |
| Employment | ABS Census Community Profiles, DEWR Small Area Labour Market, GSHDO |
| Occupation | ABS Census Community Profiles, |
| Pension and Benefits/ Centrelink Payments | ABS Regional Profiles, Centrelink |
| Household structure, families, lone parents | ABS Census Community Profiles, |
| Migration | ABS Demography |
| Accessibility/ Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) | GSHDO, ARIA web-site |
| Birth rate | ABS Regional Profiles, ABS Births register, NSW Midwives Data Collection |
| Crime | GSHDO, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research |
| Child Abuse | Department of Community Services, National Child Protection Clearing House |
| Domestic Violence | Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research |
| School retention rates | NSW Department of Education and Training (by request) |
| Social/community connectedness | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey |
| Economic | ABS Regional Profiles, ABS Census Community Profiles, DEWR Small Area Labour Market, GSHDO |
| Mortality (deaths) | |
| Life expectancy at birth | NSW CHO |
| Age/sex-specific mortality | GSHDO, ABS Mortality data |
| Cause-specific mortality | GSHDO, ABS Mortality data, NSW Cancer data |
| Perinatal and infant mortality | Perinatal mortality data, NSW Midwives Data Collection, ABS Mortality data |
| Premature mortality | NSW CHO - Years of life lost |
| Suicide | GSHDO, ABS Mortality data |
| Morbidity (illness) | |
| Incidence and prevalence of specific conditions | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, NSW Cancer data |
| Disease-specific indicators | GSHDO, NSW Cancer data, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, contact specific foundations/agencies |
| Perinatal and infant mortality | |
| Injuries | GSHDO (NSW Inpatient Statistics, ABS mortality), NSW Health Injury information |
| Dental Health | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey, NSW Oral Health publications, |
| Notifiable infectious diseases | GSHDO, NSW Public Health Bulletin, NSW Notifiable Diseases Database |
| Mental Health | GSHDO, Centre for Mental Health, Dept of Health and Ageing |
| Prevalence of disability | AIHW, Recipients of pensions and benefits - ABS Regional Profiles, ABS -Disability Ageing and Carers, NSW CHO - Years lived with disability, disability adjusted life years |
| Vision and Hearing | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey 2004 |
| Overall health status | |
| Measures of 'positive health' | NSW Health Survey (self-rated health status) |
| Risk factors/ preventive activities | |
| Deaths attributable to risk factors | GSHDO NSW CHO- Deaths attributable to alcohol, drugs, tobacco smoking |
| Smoking rates | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey, during pregnancy - Child Health Survey and NSW Midwives Data Collection |
| Alcohol use | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey Adult health survey and School student survey |
| Nutrition | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey (Breast feeding - Child health survey) |
| Physical activity | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey and Child Health Survey |
| Drug use | NSW Health Survey, School student survey |
| Immunisation | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey |
| Screening rates | Cardiovascular disease=GSHDO, NSW Health Survey, Breast Screen NSW. NSW Health Survey 2004 - breast, cervical prostate and bowel cancer, NSW Cervical Screening Program |
| Sun protection | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey-2004 |
| Injury prevention | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey |
| Overweight/obesity | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey |
| Sexual health risk behaviours | NSW Health Survey 2004 |
| Physical environment features | |
| Pollen Count | Population Health |
| Air quality | NSW EPA 24hr air quality; NSW CHO |
| Noise levels | NSW EPA - noise, Local Government |
| Water quality | NSW EPA water, Local Government, NSW CHO |
| Source of drinking water | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey, NSW CHO |
| Indigenous communities | NSW CHO, NSW Health Environmental Health Branch |
| Road Safety | NSW RTA, Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC) |
| Industry and agriculture | ABS Regional Profiles, DEWR Small Area Labour Market |
| Health and Community Services | |
| Medical Services | |
| Ratio of general practitioners to population | HIC |
| Medical claims, consultation rates, fees charged | HIC, BEACH Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health |
| Hospital services | GSHDO (satisfaction with), Greater Southern Area Health Service sites |
| Surgical waiting lists | by request |
| Hospital Bed numbers | by request |
| Emergency Dept. waiting lists | by request |
| Attendances at ED | Individual hospitals, EDIS manager GSAHS |
| Admission rates | GSHDO, NSW CHO, by request |
| Community-based primary care services | |
| Primary health programs | Carers support program, Domestic violence, Fall and fall injury prevention, Speech pathology contact relevant program Manager within GSAHS |
| Maternal and child health | Midwives Data Collection - annual reports |
| Dental | ISOH (Information Systems for Oral Health), SOKS (save our kids smiles historical data) contact GSAHS Dental Services |
| Drug & alcohol | GSHDO (hospitalisations) DROPS (drug related outcomes data) |
|
Mental health Disability: client demographics and disabilities |
Mental health minimum dataset, contact GSAHS mental health services Disability Agreement National Dataset, Interactive Disability Data |
| Aged care | Department of Ageing Disability and Home Care, HACC minimum dataset |
| Community Services | |
| Schools | NSW Department of Education and Training, Statistical information |
| Public transport | Country transport planning dataset by town or SLA |
| Shopping facilities, leisure and sporting facilities, community organisations | Local Council, individual Council web-sites |
| Consumers and carers | |
| Levels of formal/informal care in community | ABS Census Community Profiles plus investigate local sources. |
| Knowledge/awareness of services, perceived unmet need, perceived benefits | No standard data sets. Investigate local sources. |
| Complaints: on access, administration, cost, communication, rights and treatment by health care providers, including alternative therapists | NSW Health Care Complaints Commission |
| Levels of satisfaction with health services | GSHDO, NSW Health Survey |