This article {extract} was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 30 No 1 March 2006 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.

Appendices

Appendix 1. Mid-year estimate of Australian population 2004, by state or territory

	State or territory
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aus*
Male	3,346,616	2,453,147	1,937,822	759,773	992,452	237,918	105,173	160,253	9,994,541
Female	3,384,679	2,519,632	1,944,215	774,477	989,752	244,210	94,740	163,768	101,16,756
Total	6,731,295	4,972,779	3,882,037	1,534,250	1,982,204	482,128	199,913	324,021	20,111,297

* Includes other territories.

Appendix 2. Mid-year estimate of Australian population 2004, by state or territory and age group

Age	State or territory
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aus*
0–4	425,944	306,301	250,159	88,793	124,789	30,187	17,608	20,238	1,264,281
5–9	441,816	320,014	267,610	96,154	133,574	32,477	16,640	20,973	1,329,497
10–14	458,629	333,257	280,137	100,885	141,273	34,438	16,312	21,976	1,387,173
15–19	453,556	334,947	273,665	103,547	144,666	34,291	14,652	23,849	1,383,383
20–24	459,158	352,290	277,286	102,512	141,180	30,279	15,875	28,299	1,407,023
25–29	458,261	342,422	259,821	94,003	133,213	26,614	16,756	25,423	1,356,644
30–34	513,433	384,853	291,434	106,109	147,840	31,210	18,390	25,663	1,519,131
35–39	483,197	370,477	278,701	107,976	146,408	32,182	16,670	24,075	1,459,880
40–44	515,181	378,256	296,364	117,404	155,199	36,895	16,202	24,828	1,540,561
45–49	475,223	351,708	274,081	111,200	146,141	35,685	13,823	23,647	1,431,734
50–54	435,991	321,813	254,906	104,905	134,095	33,651	12,540	22,610	1,320,721
55–59	399,113	291,829	236,244	97,358	117,462	31,060	9,424	19,509	1,202,129
60–64	304,469	221,047	176,404	72,637	86,307	24,373	6,216	12,701	904,255
65–69	255,300	186,285	139,010	61,792	69,772	20,023	3,583	9,420	745,247
70–74	217,986	159,775	112,285	53,877	56,105	16,647	2,218	7,198	626,124
75–79	192,815	141,151	95,601	50,597	46,619	14,275	1,530	6,238	548,837
80–84	136,137	99,585	66,824	36,171	32,354	10,084	847	4,363	386,374
85–89	68,889	49,048	33,922	18,224	15,819	5,180	375	2,001	193,465
90–94	27,841	21,174	13,675	7,798	7,099	2,019	151	788	80,549
95–99	6,864	5,380	3,245	1,889	1,863	465	63	191	19,960
100+	1,492	1,167	663	419	426	93	38	31	4,329
Total	6,731,295	4,972,779	3,882,037	1,534,250	1,982,204	482,128	199,913	324,021	20,111,297

* Includes other territories.

Appendix 3. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data, received from states and territories, 2004

	State or territory
	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Aus
Total notifications	1,656	31,021	5,199	25,249	7,472	1,965	24,032	14,336	110,929
Sex
Unknown/missing	1	97	1	5	0	1	168	7	280
Per cent complete*	99.9	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.9	99.3	100.0	99.7
Age
Unknown/missing	1	63	22		2	7	108	11	214
Per cent complete*	99.9	99.8	99.6	100.0	100.0	99.6	99.6	99.9	99.8
Indigenous status†
Not stated/missing	1,603	23,163	404	16,475	804	1,471	11,648	4,829	60,397
Per cent complete*	3.2	25.3	92.2	34.7	89.2	25.1	51.5	66.3	45.6

* Data completeness = (Total – Unknown or missing)/Total x 100.

† 'Indigenous status' is a variable defined by the following values:

1=Indigenous – (Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin);

2=Indigenous – (Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin);

3=Indigenous – (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin);

4=Not indigenous – ( not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin);

9=Not stated;

Blank/missing/null=No information provided.