National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Life expectancy, 2009–2011
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Life expectancy at birth |
METEOR identifier: | 527641 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Description: | The average number of years a person could expect to live if they experienced the age/sex specific death rates that applied at their birth throughout their lifetime. |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Life expectancy for total population is calculated for a rolling 3-year period and reported annually. Presented as: -number of years -difference between male and female life expectancies at birth (total population). |
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Computation: | Calculated using customised life tables produced by the ABS. Life expectancy at birth for Medicare Locals and at higher levels have been calculated with reference to state/territory and Australian life tables (where appropriate), using Brass' Logit System. Brass' Logit technique enables the calculation of smooth abridged life tables for regions which may have a small number of deaths, by adjusting the age-specific death rates with reference to a standard life table. The technique does not alter the overall level of mortality, but the age-specific functions of the life table are smoothed. |
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Disaggregation: | By Sex, Medicare Local catchments and Medicare Local peer groups |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Mean (average) |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Time (e.g. days, hours) |
Format: | NN.N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Effectiveness |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | National Health Performance Agreement-Performance and Accountability Framework |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Accountability: | National Health Performance Authority |
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Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Long-term |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Performance Authority |
Origin: | Healthy Communities |
Reference documents: | National Health Performance Agreement-Performance and Accountability Framework |