Research Article
Mapping Heat Health Risks in Urban Areas
Table 2
Risk factors and their respective data sources.
| | Variable | Risk factor | Data source |
| | 1 | Aged care facilities | Department Health and Ageing (DoH 2006) | | Nursing homes | | 2 | Ethnicity | ABS BCP census data (2006 census) | | 3 | Single person households | ABS-BCP census data (2006 census) | | 4 | Urban density (nonsingle dwellings) | ABS-BCP census data (2006 census) | | 5 | SocioEconomic Status | ABS SEIFA census data (2006 census) | | 6 | Age (number of persons aged 65+, 0–4) | Australian Bureau Statistics | | Basic Community Profile (census data (2006 census)) | | 7 | Measure of disability | ABS-BCP census data (assistance with core activities) (2006 census) | | 8 | UHI | Modis/Landsat | 9
| Burden of disease | Department of Health | | 10 | Population density (per km2)
| ABS BCP census data (2006 census)
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*Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS).
*Basic Community Profile (BCP).
*SEIFA Socioeconomic Index for Areas.
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