Table 6.6
Limiting long-standing illness by self-reported general health, 1983 to 2007-08
Persons aged 16+           Percentages
  1983 1992-93 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Base (2007-08) = 100% 1
All Persons 21 20 26 26 28 26 27 27 27 26 26 25 27 3,415
Good 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 1,929
Fairly good 30 27 35 33 37 34 36 34 34 35 34 32 34 907
Not good 79 79 86 85 87 88 84 85 85 84 84 82 86 579
               
Source:Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size