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AIHW - Health Risk Factors - Adults who are Obese Age-standardised (%) (PHN) 2014-2015

Created 31/07/2025

Updated 31/07/2025

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This dataset presents the footprint of the age-standardised percentage of adults who are obese. Adults were classified as obese if their Body Mass Index (BMI) was greater than or equal to 30. As an indication of the accuracy of estimates, 95% confidence intervals were produced. These were calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) using standard error estimates of the proportion. The data spans the financial year of 2014-2015 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Health risk factors are attributes, characteristics or exposures that increase the likelihood of a person developing a disease or health disorder. Examples of health risk factors include risky alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and high blood pressure. High-quality information on health risk factors is important in providing an evidence base to inform health policy, program and service delivery. For further information about this dataset, visit the data source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Health Risk Factors in 2014-2015 Data Tables. Please note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

Age-standardisation is a method of removing the influence of age when comparing populations with different age structures - either different populations at the same time or the same population at different times. For this data the Australian estimated resident population of people aged 18 and over as at 30 June 2001 has been used as the standard population.

Adults are defined as persons aged 18 years and over.

Values assigned to "n.p." in the original data have been removed from the data.

Data for PHN701 (Northern Territory) should be interpreted with caution as the National Health Survey excluded discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and very remote areas, which comprise around 28% of the estimated resident population of the Northern Territory living in private dwellings.

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Title AIHW - Health Risk Factors - Adults who are Obese Age-standardised (%) (PHN) 2014-2015
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/4b4b9fe1-b8c9-4968-b901-f015ac381e75
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
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Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "AIHW - Health Risk Factors - Adults who are Obese Age-standardised (%) (PHN) 2014-2015". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-aihw-aihw-hrf-age-std-perc-obese-phn-2014-15-phn2015