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Mareeba Health Needs Review Summary
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
A profound or severe disability which is defined as needing help or assistance with the individual’s self-care, mobility, and/or communication because of a health condition of 6 or more months.
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of the population have a profound or severe disability
5.4%Individuals who receive income support from the Australian Government Department of Social Services are more likely to have chronic disease care needs.
Recipients of income support:
Age pension
1,681Newstart allowance
680 Disability support
pensions
448
of the population have completed year 11 or 12
43.0%> compared to
59% across Qld
of the population are the most disadvantage on the index of relative socio-economic disadvantage quintiles.
49.3%
> compared to 20% across Qld
Census data divides populations into five groups, from the most advantaged to the most disadvantaged in the community. This index focuses on low-income earners, unemployment and access to motor vehicles
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* SA2 = Statistical Area, Level 2. For more information, visit www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Lookup/by%20Subject/1270.0.55.001~July%202016~Main%20Features~Statistical%20Area%20Level%202%20(SA2)~10014
* LGA = Local Government Area 1 Age which half the population is older and the other half is younger.
www.primaryhealth.com.auNorthern Queensland Primary Health Network acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and seas on which we live and work, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
OVERVIEW OF MAREEBA POPULATION
are aged 65 and over
20.5%> compared to Qld
average of 14.7%
Rates of chronic disease and the need to access health services are higher in older age groups*
identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
12.3%> compared to 4% across Qld
average annual population growth over the past 5 years
1.6%
> the same rate as Qld
median age of population1
40.7 yrs> compared to Qld
average of 37 years> compared to Qld average
of 39.9 years by 2036
By 2036, the median age is expected to increase to
46.9 yrs
11,334 estimated resident population (MBA SA2)*
22,157 estimated resident population (MBA LGA)*
HEALTH AND HOSPITALISATIONS
Common potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) in Mareeba are related to
cardiac and respiratory diseases, especially:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
diabetes complications
heart failure
There were over
18,000Category 4 and 5 2 presentations to the Mareeba Hospital in 2016/17
Mareeba has poor indicators of preventive health which can contribute to chronic disease rates and potentially preventable hospitalisations.
In 2015/16 the preventive health indicators in Mareeba showed:
Self-assessed health measures a population’s health, based on an individual’s personal perception of their own health.
In Mareeba, there is a high aged standardised3 rate of fair or poor self-assessed health.
overweight or obese adults
62%have insufficient daily fruit intake
47%have insufficient daily vegetable intake
91%
have insufficient physical activity
46%are daily smokers
18%drink alcohol at levels that cause lifetime risk of health problems
25%
binge drink to risky levels at least once a month
33%have had mental health and behaviour problems in the last six months
14%
*WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS
Increased access to mental health, alcohol and other drugs, youth health, and men’s health programs and services.
An increase in local availability and accessibility of bulk-billed general practice services.
Training and professional development for healthcare workers in areas of mental health (including peer training), alcohol and other drugs, chronic conditions, and cultural competency.
Increased education around acute and primary healthcare, and what appropriate services are available for the community to access.
A trial of an after-hours Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker role to support the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community in Mareeba.
2 Category 4: Potentially serious patients – less severe symptoms or injuries, such as foreign body in the eye. Category 5: less urgent patients – minor illnesses or symptoms, rashes, minor aches and pains. (www.qld.gov.au/health/services/emergency)
3 Where data is adjusted to allow populations to be more appropriately compared where the ages of the population are varying.
Northern Queensland Primary Health Network acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and seas on which we live and work, and pay our respects to Elders past and present. www.primaryhealth.com.au