Survival after cancer is improving significantly in Australia, although not for all types of cancer. Survival is also better among the more advantaged groups in the population. These findings are presented in a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), together with Cancer Australia and the Australasian Association of Cancer Registries.
Eye problems accounted for nearly 250,000 (or 1 in 30) hospitalisations in 2005-06, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The risk of serious injury, based on distance travelled, is more than 10 times greater for people travelling by car compared with those travelling by rail, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
A new report on the programs that help people who might otherwise go into residential aged care by providing them with help in their own homes, shows that by 30 June 2007 there were almost 22 community care packages for every 1,000 people aged 70 and over.
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that in 2006-07, priority housing allocations made up 42% of all public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing allocations, including 4,600 households that were given priority due to homelessness.
Claims in excess of $500,000 constituted less than 3% of all finalised medical indemnity claims in the public and private sectors in 2005-06, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
During dental health week, a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) finds public dental patients, as a group, suffer from poorer oral health related to their lower socioeconomic status and barriers to accessing dental services.
A report on mental health services released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) found that expenditure on state and territory mental health services as a whole increased on average by 5.2% per year (after adjusting for inflation) from 2001-02 to 2005-06, to $2.7 billion.
At least 600,000 Australians are affected by osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become fragile and weak and increasing the risk of fracture, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Osteoporosis Australia.
It is estimated that about 187,900 people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, received some form of assistance from the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) during 2006-07, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).