Statistics and Indicators

In 2021, of respondents to the ACT General Health Survey who reported that they have a mental health condition, 51.0% of those aged 18 to 24 years; 72.5% of those aged 25 to 44 years; 78.8% of those aged 45 to 64 years and 73.4% of those aged 65 years and over reported that they are currently receiving treatment for it. There was no significant difference by age group. 

For the purpose of reporting the ACT General Health Survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.

Note: The indicator shows self-reported data collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in the probability of selection among respondents and were benchmarked to the estimated residential population using the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics population estimates.

Persons includes male, female, other and refused sex respondents and may not always add to the sum of male and female.

The 2011/12 estimate for 18 to 24 year olds has a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution.

Statistically significant differences are difficult to detect for smaller jurisdictions such as the Australian Capital Territory. Sometimes, even large apparent differences may not be statistically significant. This is particularly the case in breakdowns of small populations because the small sample size means that there is not enough power to identify even large differences as statistically significant.