Key statistics on health

Children and young people in Queensland: a snapshot

Table 3: Key statistics on health, Queensland, 1997 to 2006 and Australia, 2006
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Table 3: Health statistics, Queensland, 1997 to 2006 and Australia, 2006

Topic / Indicator	Queensland 1997 to 2006										Aust.
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2006
Juvenile diabetes (per 100,000 population)
New cases of Type 1 diabetes among children 0-14 a	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	24.7	24.1	na	22.6 (2005)
Disability (per cent)
Children 5-14 with severe/profound restriction in communication, mobility or self care activities - of all children 5-14b	na	5.7	na	na	na	na	5.8	na	na	na	4.9 (2003)
Low birth weight (per cent)
Babies born weighing less than 2500g - of all babiesc	6.9	6.8	6.7	7.1	6.8	7.2	6.9	7.1	6.5	7.3	6.4d (2005)
Indigenous babies born weighing less than 2500g - of all Indigenous babiesc	11.9	11.4	11.1	12.8	12.0	12.7	12.1	12.1	11.4	11.6	13.2d (2005)
Immunisation (per cent)
Children fully immunised at 6 years of age - of all children 6 years of agee	na	na	na	na	na	82.9	83.6	81.6	81.4	87.6	84.0
Breastfeeding (per cent)
Children 0–4 who had been breastfed at 3 months – of all children 0–4f	na	na	na	na	na	na	69.1	na	na	na	na
Children 0–4 who had been breastfed at 5 months – of all children 0–4f	na	na	na	na	na	na	60.0	na	na	na	na
Exclusive breastfeeding (per cent)
Babies breastfed exclusively at 3 months – of all babies at 3 monthsf	na	na	na	na	na	na	38.9	na	na	na	na
Babies breastfed exclusively at 5 months – of all babies at 5 monthsf	na	na	na	na	na	na	3.1	na	na	na	na

Notes and sources:

na Not available

1. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Diabetes Register: statistical profile 1999–2005. cat. no. CVD 39. Diabetes Series no. 7.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2003, cat. no. 4430.0 (summary tables, Queensland).
3. Queensland Health, Perinatal Data Collection.
4. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia’s Mothers and Babies, Perinatal Statistics Series, No. 15
5. As at 31 December. Medicare Australia, Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/providers/health_statistics/statistical_reporting/acir.htm
6. Queensland Health, Infant and Child Nutrition in Queensland 2003.

The report Snapshot 2008: Children and young people in Queensland and additional tables can be found at here

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