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Insured Persons by Age Category - All Private Health Insurers - As at 31 December

Introduction

This publication presents the results of the annual survey of privately insured persons for hospital treatment benefits by State and Territory as at 31 December 2007.

In other PHIAC publications prior to 1 April 2007, insurers only reported membership in states where they had more than 500 single equivalent units and combined the membership of other states into their major state. Now they report membership in every state with the exception of ACT which is included in NSW. This ongoing annual survey collects data for ACT separately and reports the number of privately insured persons by age and gender category and by place of residence as at 31 December. The first survey collected data for 31 December 1998.

PHIAC conducted an annual survey as at 30 June that concentrated on ACT coverage for 1996 and 1997. The results of these surveys are also shown below. The June survey has been superceded by the current December survey.

A summary of the results for each State is shown in the following Table.

Survey as at 30 June	% Population
1996	37.8%
1997	34.7%

Survey as at 31 December		NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT	ACT	AUST
1998	Coverage '000	1,900	1,367	987	486	628	158	46	104	5,676
1998	% Population	29.8%	29.2%	28.3%	32.6%	34.0%	33.4%	23.8%	33.8%	30.1%
1999	Coverage '000	2,026	1,439	1,036	480	670	160	49	109	5,970
	% Population	31.4%	30.3%	29.2%	32.1%	35.6%	34.1%	25.4%	35.3%	31.2%
	Annual Increase '000	126	71	49	-6	42	2	4	5	294
	% Annual increase	6.6%	5.2%	5.0%	-1.3%	6.7%	1.6%	8.4%	4.8%	5.2%
2000	Coverage '000	2,972	2,165	1,530	696	915	214	74	176	8,743
	% Population	45.8%	45.2%	42.6%	46.4%	48.3%	45.6%	37.7%	56.4%	45.4%
	Annual Increase '000	947	726	494	216	245	54	25	66	2,773
	% Annual increase	46.7%	50.5%	47.7%	44.9%	36.6%	33.8%	49.8%	60.8%	46.5%
2001	Coverage '000	2,972	2,156	1,553	696	918	215	71	177	8,759
	% Population	45.8%	45.0%	43.2%	46.4%	48.4%	45.7%	36.1%	56.9%	45.5%
	Annual Increase '000	0	-8	22	0	3	0	-3	2	16
	% Annual increase	0.0%	-0.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	-4.3%	0.9%	0.2%
2002	Coverage '000	2,979	2,134	1,556	689	912	212	69	168	8,717
	% Population	44.5%	43.4%	41.6%	45.2%	47.0%	44.8%	34.2%	51.6%	44.0%
	Annual Increase '000	6	-23	3	-7	-7	-2	-2	-10	-42
	% Annual increase	0.2%	-1.1%	0.2%	-0.9%	-0.7%	-1.1%	-3.2%	-5.5%	-0.5%
2003	Coverage '000	2,971	2,116	1,559	681	940	208	67	168	8,680
	% Population	44.3%	42.8%	40.6%	44.5%	46.3%	43.4%	33.7%	51.9%	43.4%
	Annual Increase '000	-8	-18	3	-8	-2	-4	-2	0	-37
	% Annual increase	-0.3%	-0.8%	0.2%	-1.1%	-0.2%	-1.8%	-2.7%	0.1%	-0.4%
2004	Coverage '000	2,972	2,115	1,575	677	922	207	67	169	8,704
	% Population	44.0%	42.3%	40.1%	44.0%	46.1%	42.8%	33.3%	52.0%	43.0%
	Annual Increase '000	1	-1	16	-4	12	-1	0	1	24
	% Annual increase	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%	-0.7%	1.3%	-0.4%	0.0%	0.6%	0.3%
2005	Coverage '000	2,995	2,127	1,610	680	948	207	67	171	8,805
	% Population	44.0%	42.1%	40.2%	43.9%	46.8%	42.6%	32.7%	52.5%	43.1%
	Annual Increase '000	24	12	35	3	26	0	0	2	102
	% Annual increase	0.8%	0.6%	2.2%	0.4%	2.8%	0.0%	0.1%	1.4%	1.2%
2006	Coverage '000	3,035	2,170	1,666	687	986	208	68	178	8,999
	% Population	44.3%	42.3%	40.7%	44.0%	47.6%	42.5%	32.7%	54.0%	43.4%
	Annual Increase '000	39	43	56	8	38	1	1	7	193
	% Annual increase	1.3%	2.0%	3.5%	1.1%	4.0%	0.5%	1.7%	4.3%	2.2%
2007	Coverage '000	3,136	2,260	1,764	707	1,049	213	72	190	9,391
	% Population	45.3%	43.1%	41.7%	44.4%	49.3%	43.0%	33.3%	55.5%	44.4%
	Annual Increase '000	101	90	98	20	63	5	4	12	393
	% Annual increase	3.3%	4.1%	5.9%	2.8%	6.4%	2.2%	6.4%	6.6%	4.4%

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Lifetime Health Cover, introduced from 1 July 2000, saw an unprecedented increase in the number of insured persons in all age cohorts. This is reflected in the increase in insured persons between December 1999 and December 2000.

Between December 2002 and December 2004, the number of insured persons remained relatively stable, with marginal changes in each year. For the years ending December 2005, 2006 and 2007 there was an upward trend in the number of insured persons with increases of 1.2%, 2.2% and 4.4% respectively. There were increases in all age groups nationally during the year to December 2007. Increases over 2007 were largest for persons aged 25 to 29. There were also large increases in the number of insured persons aged 30 to 39 and 60 to 69. The percent of the population with hospital insurance for all States and Territories at 31 December 2007 was 44.4% an increase of 1.0 percentage point compared to December 2006.

The ACT continues to maintain a higher percent of the population with hospital insurance than other States and Territories. The percent of the population in the ACT at 31 December 2007 was 55.5%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the year.

Trends in the age distribution of insured persons are illustrated in this report by bar charts. The distribution is consistent over all the States and Territories. The most noticeable aspect of the age distribution is an under-representation in the younger age categories that is particularly marked in the 20 to 29 age category. Since the introduction of Lifetime Health Cover, over the years 2001 to 2006, the general trend has been increases in insured persons aged 20 to 29 and insured persons aged 60 and over. Over the same period there were decreases for insured persons aged 30 to 34 and 40 to 44, as well as insured persons aged 19 and less; in 2007 the number of insured persons in these age groups increased. Increases in some age groups reflect ageing as people move from one age group to the next.

Please contact PHIAC if you have any questions about these statistics.

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Contact Officer:

Svetlana Angelkoska
PHIAC
Suite 16 71 Leichhardt St
Kingston ACT 2604
Telephone: 02 6215 7914
Facsimile: 02 6215 7977
E-mail: svetlana.angelkoska@phiac.gov.au

Source: Private Health Insurance Administration Council

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

Introduction | Australia | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | All States 1998-2007

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Private Health Insurance Administration Council

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Telephone 02 6215 7900 | Facsimile 02 6215 7977 | Email phiac@phiac.gov.au

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Insured Persons by Age Category - All Private Health Insurers - As at 31 December

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Survey as at 31 December

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