{accordion}People needing assistance because of profound or severe disability (self-care mobility communication) because of disability long-term health condition or old age::
Years |
Upper Kedron |
Ferny Grove |
Ferny Hills |
Arana Hills |
Keppera |
Total |
0-4 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
6 |
33 |
5-14 |
18 |
15 |
23 |
33 |
35 |
124 |
15-19 |
16 |
19 |
8 |
4 |
9 |
56 |
20-24 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
25-34 |
15 |
14 |
21 |
12 |
20 |
82 |
35-44 |
22 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
28 |
71 |
45-54 |
20 |
8 |
17 |
12 |
29 |
86 |
55-64 |
26 |
17 |
36 |
28 |
43 |
150 |
65-74 |
14 |
14 |
23 |
21 |
47 |
119 |
75-84 |
0 |
17 |
40 |
28 |
84 |
166 |
85+ |
0 |
10 |
57 |
10 |
80 |
157 |
||||Persons providing unpaid assistance to a person with a disability by age of person giving assistance::
Years |
Upper Kedron |
Ferny Grove |
Ferny Hills |
Arana Hills |
Keppera |
Total |
15-19 |
15 |
16 |
16 |
10 |
21 |
78 |
20-24 |
6 |
20 |
20 |
28 |
18 |
92 |
25-34 |
16 |
41 |
93 |
82 |
84 |
316 |
35-44 |
23 |
87 |
140 |
108 |
111 |
469 |
45-54 |
18 |
146 |
167 |
122 |
117 |
570 |
55-64 |
27 |
140 |
204 |
147 |
118 |
636 |
65-74 |
14 |
27 |
27 |
34 |
71 |
173 |
75-84 |
0 |
7 |
15 |
8 |
56 |
86 |
85+ |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
19 |
||||Estimated numbers of deaths annually from Australia’s leading causes of death::
| Cause of death | Men | Women | Total |
| Heart disease | 105 | 103 | 208 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 39 | 68 | 107 |
| Dementia & Alzheimer’s disease | 21 | 48 | 69 |
| Lung cancer | 41 | 28 | 69 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 26 | 21 | 47 |
| Diabetes | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| Colorectal cancer | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| Prostate cancer | 26 | – | 26 |
| Breast cancer | – | 26 | 26 |
| Heart failure & complications | – | 20 | 20 |
| Unknown primary site cancers | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| Suicide | 13 | – |
13 |
| Other cancers |
241 |
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| Other | 330 | ||
| Estimated total | 1263 |
These figures are estimates calculated from the percentages for leading causes of Australian deaths (07) according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report combined with the ABS 2006 Census population figures for The Grove.They are a rough guide only.
||||Life expectancy::
Australian average life expectancy is 81+ years.
||||Obesity::
There are about 14500 obese adults in The Grove and about 1700 obese children.
For adults aged 55-65 years approximately 607 men are obese and 615 women.
||||Chlamydia::
Young people in the age range 15-29 years account for 80% of the people in Australia affected by chlamydia. Working from an estimate of the national chlamydia rate and the number of young people in the 15-29 year age group in The Grove it is estimated there are about 15 young people in this age group affected by chlamydia each year.
||||Exercise::
Adults over the age of 15 years:
- Get sufficient exercise 8790 people
- Don’t get sufficient exercise 14966 people
Estimated from national figures in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report combined with ABS 2006 Census data
||||Eat 5 vegetables/day::
Adults over the age of 15 years:
- Eat 5 vegetables/day 214 people
- Don’t eat 5 vegetables/day 21618 people
Estimated from national figures in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report combined with ABS 2006 Census data
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