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Fall, November 2003, Number 76
SOCIAL REPORTS AND TRENDS :
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: An Overview
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index is a new barometer of Australians' satisfaction with their lives and life in Australia . Unlike most official indicators of quality of life and wellbeing, it is subjective – it measures how Australians feel about life, and incorporates both personal and national perspectives.
The Wellbeing Index is an alternative measure of population wellbeing to such economic indicators as Gross Domestic Product and other objective indicators such as population health, literacy and crime statistics. It measures quality of life as experienced by the average Australian and it is reported on a quarterly basis.
A Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans: Health , United States , 20002
Annually, the Center for Health Statistics of the CDC produces a review of the health status of the population of the United States . Health indictors update movement toward the twenty-two goals that are set for the year 2010. Five objectives of the healthy people plan are not regularly reported, but the remaining 17 goals reveal slow, slow progress.
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