| Ad hoc data request client form |
| Client - Ad hoc data request form. Additional disaggregation of data may be requested using this form. A charge may apply for ad hoc data requests to recover costs. |
| Alcohol and other drugs (AODT-NMDS) data cubes |
| The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS) is a nationally agreed set of common data items collected by government-funded service providers for clients registered for alcohol and other drug treatment. This national collection is a subset of the information on alcohol and other drug treatment services that is routinely collected by States and Territories to monitor treatment services within their jurisdictions. |
| Body weight data sources in Australia |
Data about body weight, particularly data about overweight and obesity, are of great interest to health researchers and program managers.
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| Cancer data |
| Cancer incidence data are available in the ACIM books and cancer data cubes. Mortality data are available in the ACIM books and GRIM books. Hospital separations data are available in the national hospital morbidity data cubes. |
| Children's headline indicators |
| Defined indicators and available data (12 of the 19 Children's Headline Indicators). Detailed information on each Headline Indicator priority area is available in A picture of Australia's children 2009. |
| Catalogue of holdings of AIHW data |
| The Catalogue of holdings of AIHW data is an online searchable catalogue of a selection of data held by the Institute for statistical purposes. The Catalogue does not cover the full range of Institute data holdings; further holdings may be added to future editions of the Catalogue. |
| Disability data cubes |
Disability data cubes are available for subsets of data from the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) collection. The publications associated with these cubes may also be downloaded in full. Additional disaggregation of data may be requested using the ad hoc client request form. A charge may apply for ad hoc data requests to recover costs.
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| General practice data |
General practice activity from the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program. BEACH is a continuous survey of encounters between general practitioners and patients across Australia. The tables show the distribution (%) of problems managed at GP-patient encounters classified to body systems according to the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2).
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| GRIM books |
| The AIHW has compiled long-term mortality data on selected causes of death by age and sex for each year from the beginning of the 20th century, called the GRIM (General Record of Incidence of Mortality) books. These Excel workbooks are updated annually and contain comprehensive long-term mortality data on selected causes of death by age and sex for each year. |
| Expenditure data |
Links to data tables and data cubes containing detailed health expenditure and public health expenditure information. |
| Fixing Houses for Better Health (FHBH) data cubes |
| Fixing Houses for Better Health (FHBH) data cubes list |
| Hospitals data |
The AIHW publishes hospitals data cubes and spreadsheets based on a number of data collections: Principal Diagnosis; Diagnosis related group (AR-DRG); Procedures; Elective Surgery Waiting Times (NESWTDC); Public hospital establishments database (NPHED) .
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| Mental health data cubes |
| Mental health data cubes contain information on patients admitted to hospital who receive specialised psychiatric care, client episodes in government-operated residential mental health care services and client contacts with government-operated specialised community mental health care services and hospital-based ambulatory care services, such as outpatient and day clinics (for definitions, see the AIHW publication Mental health services in Australia). The variables included in the data cubes are year of collection, sex, age group, mental health legal status, principal diagnosis and, for admitted patients only, hospital type, type of separation and same day separation flag. The admitted patients cubes present information on the numbers of psychiatric care days and patient days as well as the number of separations. |
| METeOR, AIHW's Metadata Online Registry |
METeOR is Australia’s repository for national metadata standards for health, housing and community services statistics and information. |
| National public hospital establishments database (NPHED) |
| The National public hospital establishments database (NPHED) is compiled from data supplied by the state and territory health authorities. It is a collection of electronic records for public hospitals within Australia. All records are based on information collected for financial years. |
| Risk factor prevalence data |
| Data on the prevalence of a number of risk factors is presented in a series of spreadsheets. Risk factors included are: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, body weight, physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol consumption. Data includes age-specific rates, age-standardised rates, and some trends. |
| Workforce data |
| The workforce online data tables and data cube pages contains links to a number of detailed tables of data and data cubes on Australia's health and community services labour forces. These tables and data cubes are compiled by the Institute from data supplied by the state and territory medical boards and health authorities, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The publications associated with these tables may also be downloaded in full from these links. |