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Table 4 (Annual)

Policies of General Treatment Tables
Offered by Health Benefits Funds by State

Year ended 30 June	Policies '000	NSW & ACT	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT(a)	AUST
2008	Single	872	591	415	199	278	56	16	2,427
	Family	976	547	490	213	343	58	20	2,647
	Total	1,848	1,138	906	411	621	114	35	5,073
2007	Single	778	540	364	188	253	53	14	2,190
	Family	879	496	439	201	321	55	18	2,409
	Total	1,657	1,036	803	389	573	108	32	4,599
2006	Single	667	395	311	174	234	49	11	1,842
	Family	806	397	396	192	305	52	16	2,163
	Total	1,474	792	706	366	539	101	27	4,005
2005	Single	650	374	298	170	228	49	11	1,781
	Family	788	379	380	187	298	51	16	2,100
	Total	1,438	753	679	358	526	100	27	3,881
2004	Single	640	364	292	167	243	49	11	1,765
	Family	771	367	368	184	303	51	16	2,060
	Total	1,411	730	660	351	546	99	27	3,825
2003	Single	636	355	291	165	240	49	11	1,747
	Family	758	358	364	182	300	50	16	2,029
	Total	1,395	713	655	347	540	100	26	3,776
2002	Single	624	344	286	161	237	50	11	1,714
	Family	740	348	357	180	299	50	16	1,990
	Total	1,364	692	643	341	536	100	27	3,704
2001	Single	612	327	271	155	237	50	11	1,663
	Family	719	338	340	177	298	49	16	1,938
	Total	1,332	665	611	332	535	99	27	3,600
2000	Single	600	293	246	145	229	47	11	1,571
	Family	716	318	320	172	291	48	16	1,881
	Total	1,316	611	566	317	520	96	27	3,452
1999	Single	481	216	174	121	217	37	8	1,253
	Family	567	252	237	150	265	42	12	1,524
	Total	1,048	467	411	271	481	79	19	2,777
1998	Single	465	207	167	118	226	37	7	1,227
	Family	555	249	232	149	261	42	12	1,499
	Total	1,019	456	398	267	487	78	19	2,726
1997	Single	473	213	170	123	139	39	8	1,165
	Family	564	262	239	153	209	44	12	1,484
	Total	1,038	476	409	276	349	83	19	2,649
1996	Single	475	227	170	130	143	40	7	1,193
	Family	573	278	240	157	211	47	12	1,517
	Total	1,048	505	410	287	354	88	19	2,710
1995	Single	485	233	166	140	144	39	4	1,210
	Family	584	282	237	154	208	48	6	1,518
	Total	1,069	515	403	294	351	87	10	2,728
1994	Single	471	246	165	142	143	37		1,203
	Family	584	308	242	168	207	49		1,558
	Total	1,055	554	406	310	350	86		2,761
1993	Single	469	257	156	142	144	36		1,204
	Family	608	336	236	178	210	53		1,622
	Total	1,078	593	392	320	354	89		2,826
1992	Single	474	263	149	144	142	36		1,208
	Family	635	362	228	188	210	55		1,679
	Total	1,109	625	377	332	352	91		2,887
1991	Single	482	281	148	146	136	39		1,232
	Family	657	393	229	201	209	59		1,748
	Total	1,139	674	377	347	345	98		2,980
1990	Single	472	285	139	147	132	39		1,215
	Family	644	415	214	202	203	60		1,738
	Total	1,116	700	353	349	335	100		2,953

* (Prior to Dec 94) South Australia includes Northern Territory prior to December 1994
** (From Dec 94) Northern Territory Membership and coverage is understated as some funds report Northern Territory members in other states

Source : Private Health Insurance Administration Council

Recipients may freely use these statistics, however the source should be acknowledged.

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