Health and disability by country of birth, Queensland, 2006

Health and disability		Born in Australia	Born in main English-speaking countries	Born in other countries Proficient in spoken English	Born in other countries not proficient in spoken English	All persons
		— % —

Self-assessed health status	Excellent/Very good	52.2	59.2	62.1	40.4	53.9
	Good	31.3	25.7	19.0	33.6	29.5
	Fair/Poor	16.4	15.0	18.9	26.0	16.6

Disability or long-term health condition	Has core activity limitation	15.3	14.0	13.3	23.6	15.0
	Has a schooling/employment restriction only (a)	6.1	5.2	6.8	0.0	6.0
	Has no specific limitation or restriction	24.1	24.1	17.6	14.9	23.4
	Has no disability or long-term health condition	54.6	56.7	62.3	61.6	55.6
	Has good or better self-assessed health and no disability or long-term health condition	52.9	54.2	59.8	59.1	53.8

(a) Employment restrictions relate to persons aged 18-64 years only, and schooling restrictions relate to persons aged 18-20 years only.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, General Social Survey, Queensland Cat. no. 4159.3.55.001.

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