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Census 2021: How we’re sicker in the country

Jun 30 2022 Updated June 30, 2022

Michael Giles

3 min read

Clinical Director of Anaesthetics and Perioperative Services at Bass Coast Health (BCH), Associate Professor, Julian Hunt-Smith is one of a number of people being brought on board ahead of the opening of the new hospital at Wonthaggi.

THE 2021 Census collected information on diagnosed long-term health conditions for the first time and the news wasn’t good in regional areas.

Over two million people across Australia reported having at least one of the following conditions - mental health (2,231,543), arthritis (2,150,396) or asthma (2,068,020), with these being the most reported long-term health conditions.

And while 61 per c...