Table 6.1
Self reported general health by sex, 1983 to 2007-08
All Persons aged 16+ Percentages
  1983 1991-92 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
All Persons
    -Good 61 60 57 56 54 56 54 54 54 55 55 56 56
    -Fairly Good 25 27 27 27 28 27 29 29 30 28 29 29 27
    -Not Good 14 13 16 17 17 17 17 18 16 16 16 15 17
Males
    -Good 65 64 60 58 55 58 57 54 56 57 58 57 58
    -Fairly Good 23 26 27 26 28 27 28 29 30 28 29 28 26
    -Not Good 12 11 13 16 17 15 15 17 14 15 13 15 16
Females
    -Good 57 56 54 53 53 55 52 53 52 54 53 56 55
    -Fairly Good 27 28 28 28 29 27 29 28 31 28 29 29 27
    -Not Good 16 15 18 19 18 18 18 19 17 17 18 15 18
Base=(All persons) 5,582 5,802 5,095 4,580 4,836 4,414 4,396 4,233 4,008 4,059 3,727 3,691 3,416
Base=(Males) 2,502 2,554 2,219 1,922 2,059 1,817 1,871 1,811 1,674 1,719 1,575 1,505 1,468
Base=(Females) 3,080 3,247 2,876 2,658 2,777 2,597 2,525 2,422 2,334 2,340 2,152 2,186 1,948
            Source: Continuous Household Survey