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Disability in Australia
Suraksha Maharaj & Kathryn SchenkDisability Ageing and Carers
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• What is disability?
• How do we measure disability?
- 3 major ABS sources
• Unmet need for formal assistance
• Disability statistics into the future
Overview
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How is disability defined?
• Limitation, restriction or impairment which restricts everyday activities and has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least 6 months.
• Info about need for assistance, difficulty experienced and use of aids or equipment determines whether a person has a particular limitation or restriction.
• Aligns with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
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3 sources of ABS disability data
• Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) – ‘Gold standard' in terms of measuring disability; provides
accurate prevalence rates.
• Short Disability Module– 10 questions included in most ABS social surveys; valuable
tool for comparing population characteristics of people with/without disability.
• Census Need for Assistance questions– 4 questions about a person’s need for assistance with
everyday activities and the reason for this need.
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1 - Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)
• Collected since 1981
• Measures the need for support of those with disability (and older people).
• Provides a demographic and socio-economic profile of people with disability, older people and carers compared with the general population.
• Measures the prevalence of disability in Australia.
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Disability prevalence, 2012
312 500 (1.4%)
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Age group
Disability prevalence by age
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2012/13
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Prevalence of disability
2012:Prevalence by age
•15-24 year olds around 8%•45-54 year olds 18%•55-64 year olds 29%
Disability over time: Overall prevalence
• 1981 – 13.2%
• 1998 – 19.0%
• 2003 – 20.0%
• 2009 – 18.5%
• 2012 – 18.5%
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Three most prevalent disabling conditions
1981 2012
Musculoskeletal diseases (32.8%) Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (55.7%)
Hearing loss (27.4%) Diseases of the circulatory system (39.1%)
Circulatory disease (19.8%) Mental and behavioural disorders (35.3%)
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‘Average’ person with a disability in 2012/13
• Is female (51.6%)• Has a mobility restriction• Has a mild core activity limitation• Is married• Has a disease of the musculoskeletal system and
connective tissue• Median age = 60 years
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• What is unmet need for formal assistance?
• How many people had an unmet need?
• Who is more likely to have unmet need.
Unmet Need for Formal Assistance in Australia
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10 activities of daily living:
• Self-care• Mobility• Communication• Cognitive or
emotional tasks• Health care
• Reading or writing tasks• Transport• Household chores• Property maintenance• Meal preparation
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Formal assistance providers
• Organisations or individuals representing organisations; or
• other persons (excluding family, friends or neighbours as described in Informal assistance/providers), on a regular, paid basis, who are not associated with any organisation.
Informal assistance/providers
• Informal assistance is unpaid help or supervision
• Informal assistance may be provided by family, friends or neighbours.
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What is unmet need?
In the 2012 SDAC, people had an unmet need for formal assistance if they:
• Received some formal assistance for that need but not enough, or
• Received no formal assistance for that need.
People may have had more than one unmet need for assistance for different activities.
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How many people had an unmet need?
• 1.5 million people with disability needed formal assistance
• Around half (50.7% or 774,000 people) had an unmet need for formal assistance
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Activities for which assistance was needed
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Who is more likely to have an unmet need?
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Who is more likely to have an unmet need?
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Who is more likely to have an unmet need?
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Reasons for not receiving adequate formal assistance
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What’s coming up….• SDAC 2015 first results – 29th April 2016
• NATSISS 2015 first results – 28th April 2016
• Planning for the 2018 SDAC is underway
• Internationally comparable data… coming soon!