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Victorian Population Health Survey 2017 - VHISS

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 01/08/2025

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The Victorian Population Health Survey program was established in 1998 and collects quality information at the State, regional and local government area levels about the health, lifestyle and wellbeing of adult Victorians aged 18 years and over. The survey follows an established method to collect relevant, timely and valid health information which is applied to policy development and strategic planning. Information is collected via computer assisted telephone interview on overall self-rated health status, level of psychological distress, body mass index (to determine weight status), the presence of chronic diseases, nutrition, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption. Information is also collected on participation in screening for bowel cancer, breast cancer, high blood pressure, cholesterol and high blood sugar in addition to community participation, levels of social support and connections with others. Interviews are also conducted in the major non-English languages in Victoria to ensure people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are included.

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Title Victorian Population Health Survey 2017 - VHISS
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/79936865-d447-42bf-8e06-7f76158d0f44
Remote Last Updated 21/07/2025
Contact Point
Department of Health
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 01/05/2020
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Victorian Population Health Survey 2017 - VHISS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-population-health-survey-2017-vhiss