|  | Current smoker N (%) | Previous smoker <5 yrs N (%) | Previous smoker 5 + yrs N (%) | Never smoker N (%) | Total N (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 9,061 (48.6) | 5,273 (51.3) | 47,003 (57.4) | 55,991 (39.0) | 117,328 (46.1) |
 | Female | 9,595 (51.4) | 5,011 (48.7) | 34,867 (42.6) | 87,581 (61.0) | 137,054 (53.9) |
Age | 45 – 64 years | 15,002 (80.4) | 7,843 (76.3) | 45,758 (55.9) | 89,071 (62.0) | 157,674 (62) |
 | 65 – 79 years | 3,182 (17.1) | 2,052 (20.0) | 27,038 (33.0) | 40,091 (27.9) | 72,363 (28.4) |
 | 80 + years | 472 (2.5) | 389 (3.8) | 9,074 (11.1) | 14,410 (10.0) | 24,345 (9.6) |
Country of birth | Australia | 13,874 (75.2) | 7,476 (73.4) | 59,526 (73.4) | 110,045 (77.3) | 190,921 (75.1) |
Overseas | 4,564 (24.8) | 2,710 (26.6) | 21,552 (26.6) | 32,275 (22.7) | 61,101 (24) | |
LOTE* | No | 16,691 (89.5) | 9,290 (90.3) | 75,556 (92.3) | 128,865 (89.8) | 230,402 (90.6) |
 | Yes | 1,965 (10.5) | 994 (9.7) | 6,314 (7.7) | 14,707 (10.2) | 23,980 (9.4) |
Highest qualification | University degree | 2,485 (13.6) | 1,660 (16.5) | 17,318 (21.5) | 37,315 (26.4) | 58,778 (23.1) |
Post school qualification | 6,042 (33.0) | 3,525 (34.9) | 28,533 (35.4) | 42,954 (30.4) | 81,054 (31.9) | |
 | Higher school/leaving cert. | 2,133 (11.6) | 1,097 (10.9) | 7,959 (9.9) | 13,695 (9.7) | 24,884 (9.8) |
 | School/intermediate cert. | 4,374 (23.9) | 2,306 (22.9) | 16,804 (20.9) | 32,688 (23.1) | 56,172 (22.1) |
 | No qualification | 3,299 (18.0) | 1,501 (14.9) | 9,926 (12.3) | 14,726 (10.4) | 29,452 (11.6) |
Annual household income | $70,000 or more | 3,051 (20.5) | 2,219 (27.2) | 18,822 (28.7) | 36,423 (32.8) | 60,515 (23.8) |
$40,000-$69,999 | 3,374 (22.6) | 1,950 (23.9) | 14,948 (22.8) | 25,050 (22.5) | 45,322 (17.8) | |
$20,000-$39,999 | 3,382 (22.7) | 1,754 (21.5) | 15,474 (23.6) | 24,048 (21.6) | 44,658 (17.6) | |
 | Less then $20,000 | 5,092 (34.2) | 2,229 (27.3) | 16,295 (24.9) | 25,673 (23.1) | 49,289 (19.4) |
Private health insurance | None | 5,270 (28.2) | 2,467 (24.0) | 13,600 (16.6) | 21,835 (15.2) | 43,172 (17) |
Health care card | 5,682 (30.5) | 2,453 (23.9) | 15,277 (18.7) | 21,351 (14.9) | 44,763 (17.6) | |
Private no extras | 1,626 (8.7) | 1,167 (11.3) | 11,594 (14.2) | 22,293 (15.5) | 36,680 (14.4) | |
 | Private with extras | 5,892 (31.6) | 4,067 (39.5) | 39,277 (48.0) | 76,264 (53.1) | 125,500 (49.3) |
 | Veterans health care | 186 (1.0) | 130 (1.3) | 2,122 (2.6) | 1,829 (1.3) | 4,267 (1.7) |
Working status | Not working | 8,144 (44.5) | 4,534 (44.8) | 43,319 (53.5) | 68,850 (48.9) | 124,847 (49.1) |
Part time | 3,674 (20.1) | 1,940 (19.2) | 14,738 (18.2) | 28,125 (20.0) | 48,477 (19.1) | |
 | Full time | 6,470 (35.4) | 3,656 (36.1) | 22,902 (28.3) | 43,866 (31.1) | 76,894 (30.2) |
Remoteness of residence | Major Cities | 7,581 (40.6) | 4,249 (41.3) | 35,615 (43.5) | 66,555 (46.4) | 114,000 (44.8) |
Inner Regional | 6,744 (36.2) | 3,820 (37.2) | 30,103 (36.8) | 49,044 (34.2) | 89,711 (35.3) | |
 | Outer Regional | 3,780 (20.3) | 1,943 (18.9) | 14,533 (17.8) | 25,184 (17.6) | 45,440 (17.9) |
 | Remote | 545 (2.9) | 266 (2.6) | 1,566 (1.9) | 2,690 (1.9) | 5,067 (2) |
Alcoholic drinks/week | 0 - 1 drinks | 6,889 (37.8) | 3,550 (35.0) | 21,878 (27.0) | 62,025 (44.2) | 94,342 (37.1) |
2 - 4 drinks | 2,128 (11.7) | 1,241 (12.3) | 10,910 (13.5) | 23,844 (17.0) | 38,123 (15) | |
 | 5 - 10 drinks | 3,659 (20.1) | 2,186 (21.6) | 21,935 (27.1) | 34,175 (24.4) | 61,955 (24.4) |
 | 11 + drinks | 5,571 (30.5) | 3,153 (31.1) | 26,218 (32.4) | 20,234 (14.4) | 55,176 (21.7) |
Psychological distress | Low | 11,740 (64.4) | 6,971 (69.3) | 62,942 (78.7) | 112,094 (80.2) | 193,747 (76.2) |
Moderate | 3,506 (19.2) | 1,906 (18.9) | 11,833 (14.8) | 19,491 (13.9) | 36,736 (14.4) | |
 | High | 1,882 (10.3) | 813 (8.1) | 3,845 (4.8) | 5,969 (4.3) | 12,509 (4.9) |
 | Very High | 1,104 (6.1) | 369 (3.7) | 1,314 (1.6) | 2,198 (1.6) | 4,985 (2) |
Functional limitation | No limitation | 4,899 (29.5) | 2,662 (28.6) | 22,203 (29.9) | 46,648 (36.1) | 76,412 (30) |
Minor limitation | 2,588 (15.6) | 1,476 (15.8) | 12,263 (16.5) | 21,968 (17.0) | 38,295 (15.1) | |
 | Mild limitation | 3,020 (18.2) | 1,665 (17.9) | 14,685 (19.8) | 23,293 (18.0) | 42,663 (16.8) |
 | Moderate limitation | 2,901 (17.5) | 1,663 (17.8) | 13,451 (18.1) | 20,169 (15.6) | 38,184 (15) |
 | Severe limitation | 3,208 (19.3) | 1,851 (19.9) | 11,666 (15.7) | 17,223 (13.3) | 33,948 (13.3) |
Self rated health | Excellent | 1,382 (7.7) | 957 (9.7) | 11,099 (14.0) | 23,978 (17.3) | 37,416 (14.7) |
Very good | 5,015 (28.0) | 3,054 (30.9) | 29,019 (36.6) | 54,463 (39.3) | 91,551 (36) | |
 | Good | 7,158 (40.0) | 3,793 (38.3) | 27,553 (34.8) | 44,430 (32.0) | 82,934 (32.6) |
 | Fair | 3,537 (19.7) | 1,702 (17.2) | 9,782 (12.4) | 13,731 (9.9) | 28,752 (11.3) |
 | Poor | 818 (4.6) | 389 (3.9) | 1,744 (2.2) | 2,057 (1.5) | 5,008 (2) |
Comorbidities count | 0 | 11,225 (61.2) | 5,571 (54.7) | 41,382 (51.1) | 82,487 (57.9) | 140,665 (55.3) |
1 | 4,934 (26.9) | 3,094 (30.4) | 25,461 (31.4) | 41,437 (29.1) | 74,926 (29.5) | |
 | 2 | 1,538 (8.4) | 1,094 (10.7) | 9,996 (12.3) | 13,356 (9.4) | 25,984 (10.2) |
 | 3 or more | 655 (3.6) | 432 (4.2) | 4,218 (5.2) | 5,117 (3.6) | 10,422 (4.1) |
 | Total | 18,658 (7.3) | 10,284 (4.0) | 81,870 (32.2) | 143,572 (56.4) | 254,382 (100) |