National Healthcare Agreement: PB 03-By 2017, increase by five percentage points the proportion of Australian adults and children at a healthy body weight, over the 2009 baseline (Baseline specification), 2012
Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:
Indicator
Indicator type:
Indicator
Short name:
PB 03-By 2017, increase by five percentage points the proportion of Australian adults and children at a healthy body weight, over the 2009 baseline (Baseline specification), 2012
METeOR identifier:
435818
Registration status:
Health, Standard 31/10/2011
Description:
Proportion of adults and children who are in the ‘normal’ BMI range
Body Mass Index (BMI) is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in metres).
For adults, healthy weight is defined as a BMI of greater than or equal to 18.5 and less than 25.0.
For children, healthy weight is defined as a 'normal' BMI (appropriate for age and sex), based on centile curves. See ABS National Health Survey: Users’ Guide Electronic Publication, 2007–08 (ABS Catalogue no. 4363.0.55.001) for BMI cutoff values for children.
Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Excludes pregnant women where identified and people with an unknown BMI.
Presented as a percentage.
95% confidence intervals and relative standard errors calculated for rates.
Computation:
100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Calculated separately for adults and children
Numerator:
Adults: Number of persons aged 18 years or over with a healthy body weight.
Children: Number of persons aged 5–17 years with a healthy body weight.
Numerator data elements:
Denominator:
Adults: Population aged 18 years or over
Children: Population aged 5–17 years
Denominator data elements:
Disaggregation:
State and territory
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.
Disaggregation data elements:
Comments:
Most recent data available for 2012 CRC report: 2007–08
NO NEW DATA FOR 2012 REPORTING
Baseline: 2007–08
2007–08 national data are based on measured values. BMI derived from measured height and weight is preferable to that derived from self-reported height and weight.
For detailed analysis by Indigenous status, see the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) report.
15(a): Increase in proportion of children at unhealthy weight held at less than five per cent from baseline for each state by 2013; proportion of children at healthy weight returned to baseline levels by 2015.
15(d): Increase in proportion of adults at unhealthy weight held at less than five per cent from baseline for each state by 2013; proportion of adults at healthy weight returned to baseline levels by 2015.
