Developing a Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Australian Health System: A Means to Explore Impacts of Obesity over the Next 50 Years

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Outcome</td><td align="center">HILDA</td><td align="center">Health module</td><td align="center">Difference</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Inadequate physical activity</td><td align="center">76</td><td align="center">81</td><td align="center">5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">At-risk alcohol consumption</td><td align="center">86</td><td align="center">89</td><td align="center">3</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Current smoker status</td><td align="center">95</td><td align="center">96</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Obesity status</td><td align="center">92</td><td align="center">93</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Health status</td><td align="center">60</td><td align="center">60</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Percentage of population with status unchanged.

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Table 5: Developing a Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Australian Health System: A Means to Explore Impacts of Obesity over the Next 50 Years 