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

Collection and usage attributes

5 years

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.

Crude rate: 100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for adults and children

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.

Adults: Population aged 18 and over

Children: Population aged 5–17

State and territory.

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

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.

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Indicator conceptual framework

Data source attributes

Accountability attributes

National Healthcare Agreement

Australian Bureau of Statistics

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.

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

Source and reference attributes

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
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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

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