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. 2019 Jun 21;19:802. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7086-5

Table 1.

Income, welfare payments, taxes of individuals with and without ischemic heart disease, $AU2013

Labour force statusa N 2015 2020 2025 2030
Survey records Weighted population (%) Mean SD Median Weighted population (%) Mean SD Median Weighted population (%) Mean SD Median Weighted population (%) Mean SD Median
Weekly total income (AU$) of individuals
 Employed full-time without IHD 12,448 3,155,900 (53.08) 1576.90 1524.56 1305.46 3,444,000 (54.03) 1698.06 1637.53 1393.73 3,632,900 (54.41) 1841.72 1786.15 1508.57 3,917,800 (54.95) 1977.14 1919.51 1592.01
 Employed full-time with IHD 234 62,800 (1.06) 1495.15 1439.25 1186.08 64,200 (1.01) 1677.65 1621.55 1281.17 61,200 (0.92) 1884.92 1763.34 1398.30 61,200 (0.86) 2091.51 1974.66 1558.32
 Employed part-time without IHD 5081 1,194,100 (20.09) 706.37 768.50 600.78 1,337,500 (20.98) 757.08 825.03 633.42 1,430,800 (21.43) 839.50 866.03 700.84 1,551,100 (21.75) 915.04 896.12 768.26
 Employed part-time with IHD 104

23,900

(0.40)

557.22 406.24 567.83 25,500 (0.40) 601.90 456.03 592.83 26,100 (0.39) 666.31 483.47 625.20 24,900 (0.35) 747.46 521.30 707.80
 Not in labour force due to IHD 32

6700

(0.11)

369.02 86.41 415.83 7300 (0.11) 384.49 89.64 423.38 7600 (0.11) 401.65 99.07 423.38

8100

(0.11)

420.34 107.72 423.38
Weekly welfare income (AU$) received by individuals
 Employed full-time without IHD 12,448 3,155,900 (53.08) 18.68 63.79 0.00 3,444,000 (54.03) 18.20 63.44 0.00 3,632,900 (54.41) 16.38 60.41 0.00 3,917,800 (54.95) 15.53 59.14 0.00
 Employed full-time with IHD 234 62,800 (1.06) 6.60 26.72 0.00 64,200 (1.01) 6.33 27.69 0.00 61,200 (0.92) 4.65 26.82 0.00 61,200 (0.86) 3.78 24.71 0.00
 Employed part-time without IHD 5081 1,194,100 (20.09) 77.27 144.79 0.00 1,337,500 (20.98) 77.25 146.98 0.00 1,430,800 (21.43) 71.79 143.34 0.00 1,551,100 (21.75) 68.57 140.80 0.00
 Employed part-time with diabetes 104

23,900

(0.40)

108.00 160.53 5.75 25,500 (0.40) 114.26 170.30 5.75 26,100 (0.39) 108.09 170.48 5.75 24,900 (0.35) 107.33 174.91 0.00
 Not in the labour force due to IHD 32

6700

(0.11)

324.57 117.62 321.87 7300 (0.11) 338.21 122.23 332.75 7600 (0.11) 344.66 130.83 348.73

8100

(0.11)

357.05 137.76 365.52
Weekly tax paid (includes Medicare levy) (AU$) by individuals
 Employed full-time without IHD 12,448 3,155,900 (53.08) 346.87 477.28 236.70 3,444,000 (54.03) 377.61 517.51 261.62 3,632,900 (54.41) 412.58 562.20 284.06 3,917,800 (54.95) 445.81 608.64 303.05
 Employed full-time with IHD 234 62,800 (1.06) 325.85 507.28 199.65 64,200 (1.01) 372.23 580.50 232.90 61,200 (0.92) 420.61 647.93 261.36 61,200 (0.86) 474.70 737.45 287.11
 Employed part-time without IHD 5081 1,194,100 (20.09) 79.80 195.14 15.00 1,337,500 (20.98) 88.21 211.43 17.39 1,430,800 (21.43) 99.43 221.05 27.39 1,551,100 (21.75) 108.59 228.28 37.02
 Employed part-time with IHD 104 23,900 (0.40) 39.44 87.78 0.00 25,500 (0.40) 46.34 105.89 0.00 26,100 (0.39) 55.05 113.95 7.07 24,900 (0.35) 65.15 129.16 26.25
 Not in the labour force due to IHD 32 6700 (0.11) 1.19 6.47 0.00 7300 (0.11) 1.48 7.38 0.00 7600 (0.11) 1.96 8.67 0.00

8100

(0.11)

2.40 9.79 0.00

a There were 25,104 people aged 45–64 years in the concatenated SDAC 2003 and 2009 data. Of these, 17,899 people were identified as being in one of the labour force categories listed in Table 1. A further 1378 were not in the labour force due to ill health with their main chronic condition being something other than IHD; and 5827 were unemployed or not in the labour force due to reasons other than ill health. The weighted population of people aged 45–64 years was 5,945,000 in 2015; 6,374,100 in 2020; 6,677,300 in 2025; and 7,130,200 in 2030