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National Healthcare Agreement: PB d–Better health: by 2018, increase by five percentage points the proportion of Australian adults and children at a healthy body weight, over the 2009 baseline, 2022

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termPB d–By 2018, increase by five percentage points the proportion of Australian adults and children at a healthy body weight, over the 2009 baseline, 2022
METEOR identifier:Help on this term740902
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 24/09/2021
Description:Help on this term

Proportion of adults and children who are in the ‘normal’ Body Mass Index (BMI) range.

Indicator set:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement (2022)
Health, Standard 24/09/2021
Outcome area:Help on this termPrevention
Health, Standard 07/07/2010

Collection and usage attributes

Population group age from:Help on this term

5 years

Computation description:Help on this term

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 BMI (appropriate for age and sex) that is likely to be greater than or equal to 18.5 and less than 25.0 at age 18, based on centile curves. See ABS National Health Survey: Users’ Guide, 2017–18 (ABS 2019) for BMI cut-off values for children.

Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Excludes pregnant women where identified.

Presented as a percentage.

95% confidence intervals and relative standard errors are calculated for rates.

Computation:Help on this term

Crude rate: 100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for adults and children

Numerator:Help on this term

Adults: Number of persons aged 18 and over with a healthy body weight.

Children: Number of persons aged 5–17 with a healthy body weight.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Adult—Body Mass Index

Data Source

ABS 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Child—Body Mass Index

Data Source

ABS 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—age

Data Source

ABS 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Denominator:Help on this term

Adults: Population aged 18 and over

Children: Population aged 5–17

Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—age

Data Source

ABS 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Disaggregation:Help on this term

State and territory.

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—area of usual residence

Data Source

ABS 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2022 National Healthcare Agreement performance reporting: 2017–18.

NO NEW DATA FOR 2022 REPORTING

Baseline: 2007–08

2017–18 data are based on measured height and weight, though respondents were also asked to self-report their height and weight. BMI derived from measured height and weight is preferable to that derived from self-reported height and weight.

In 2017–18, 33.8% of respondents aged 18 years and over did not have their height or weight measured. For these people, height and weight were imputed using a range of information including their self-reported height and weight.

In 2017–18, 43.9% of respondents aged 2–17 years did not have their height, weight or both measured. For these respondents, imputation was used to obtain height, weight and BMI scores.

For more information see Appendix 2 (Physical measurements) of the National Health Survey: First Results methodology.

For the 2017–18 NHS, age-standardised 95% confidence intervals and RSEs are not available. Please refer to associated crude 95% confidence intervals and RSEs.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termPercentage
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this term

N[NN].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termHealth behaviours

Bio-medical factors

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS)

Frequency

Every 3 years

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this term

National Healthcare Agreement

Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Benchmark:Help on this term

National Healthcare Agreement Performance Benchmark:

By 2018, increase by five percentage points the proportion of Australian adults and Australian children at a healthy body weight, over the 2009 baseline.

Refer National Healthcare Agreement 2012.

Further data development / collection required:Help on this term

Specification: Final, the measure meets the intention of the indicator.

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (Reference period: 2017–18). National Health Survey: First Results methodology. ABS Website. Viewed 19 February 2021, https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/national-health-survey-first-results-methodology/2017-18

ABS 2019. National Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2017–18, ABS cat. no. 4363.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 7 May 2020, https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/4363.0
Main+Features12017-18?OpenDocument

Council of Australian Governments 2012. National Healthcare Agreement (effective 25 July 2012). Viewed 5 May 2020, http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/health/_archive/
healthcare_national-agreement.pdf

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 1.3.1–Prevalence of overweight and obesity, 2020
  • Health, Standard 13/10/2021
Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: PB d–Better health: by 2018, increase by five percentage points the proportion of Australian adults and children at a healthy body weight, over the 2009 baseline, 2021
  • Health, Standard 03/07/2020
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 03–Prevalence of overweight and obesity, 2022
  • Health, Standard 24/09/2021
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