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Macedonian Women’s Health Project Review of literature ___________________________________________________________________ Macedonian women in south eastern Sydney Data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2001 has been used to describe some of the characteristics of women from south eastern Sydney who indicated they were born in Macedonia. Macedonian-born women are compared with all women in south eastern Sydney in terms of their reported level of education and occupation. Data collected by the South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service and from other sources is used to outline cause of death, reasons for hospitalisation and use of some other services among Macedonian women. Because the numbers of Macedonian women involved in these records are small, there are limited conclusions to be drawn from this information. Age distribution Of the 2,859 females born in Macedonia that resided in the area served by SESAHS in 2001, those aged 45 to 54 years made up the largest group (27.7%), followed by females aged 35 to 44 years (22.8%) and women 55 to 64 years (15.9%) (Figure 2). 900 800 Number of Macedonian women 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 0-5 4-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 & over Age of women (years) Figure 2: Age distribution of Macedonian-born women (SESAHS 2001) (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001) - 9 -
Macedonian Women’s Health Project Review of literature ___________________________________________________________________ English proficiency When asked about their level of English proficiency most Macedonian-born women indicated they spoke English ‘Well’ or ‘Very Well’ (64%). Just over one quarter of Macedonian-born women (27%) responded they did not speak English well. Only four percent stated they did not speak English at all (Figure 3). Not at all Not stated Speaks English only Not Well Very Well Well Figure 3: Proficiency of English among Macedonian-born women (SESAHS 2001) (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001) - 10 -
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