Shepparton Health Data.

Looking for some statistical health data on Shepparton?? 

The Hume Region Office of  the Health Department have a fact sheet available for Shepparton published in November 2012.  This document compares the LGA (Shepparton) with the Hume Region as a whole and the State of Victoria for a range of Health Determinants and Health Status factors including:

     Unemployment rate

     Educational Level

     Life expectancy

     Cancer Incidence

     Diabetes incidence

     Unintentional Injury Rate  

Some facts about Shepparton:

More than half the population (53.9%) did not meet the dietary requirements for fruit

  and vegetable intake, compared to Victoria (48.2%)

More than half the population in Shepparton are overweight/obese (53.3%) compared to Victoria (48.6%)

Around one in four people (24.4%) did not meet physical activity guidelines, compared

to 27.4% for Victoria

Shepparton is ranked 10 out of the 79 LGAs for people who reported a high/very high

degree of psychological distress (14.8%)

Shepparton is ranked 5 out of the 79 LGAs for people who smoke (25.4%)

The Shepparton Data Sheet is available here.