19.6%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Iama (Yam) Island · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Iama (Yam) Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health struggles on Iama (Yam) Island than in the rest of the country. Only 19.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This gap is most striking in mental health, where no residents reported a condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 12% of people here have diabetes and 6.9% have heart disease. Overall, long-term health issues are much lower than in Queensland, with 72.4% of residents reporting no conditions at all.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Iama (Yam) Island, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one on the island currently needs help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and shows a decline from 2011, when 4.3% of people required assistance.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Iama (Yam) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322059/iama-island/topic/health-disability