The number of medical practitioners in Australia increased by nearly 14% between 2000 and 2004, and nurse numbers increased by 12.5% between 1999 and 2004, according to two labour force reports released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Over 40% of births in 2004 were to first-time mums, who, at an average age of 28 years were about two years older than their 1991 counterparts, according to the fourteenth annual report on pregnancy and childbirth in Australia released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Perinatal Statistics Unit
Two reports released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing show that social housing remains an important source of accommodation for households whose needs cannot readily be met by the private rental market.
The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is able to accommodate large numbers of people each day, but some, especially families with children, are still turned away.
The number of intercountry adoptions has tripled over the last 25 years, and now accounts for three-quarters of all adoptions, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
In the first project of its kind in Australia, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and Cerebral Palsy Australia examined therapy and equipment needs among people with cerebral palsy and related conditions.
The proportion of deliveries as a result of Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) in which one baby was born has risen, reflecting a decrease in the number of embryos transferred per ART treatment cycle, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The challenge of understanding the differences in health status between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations is being addressed by four nations at a three day conference in Canberra starting today.
More Australian women are surviving ovarian cancer, but still more than half of those diagnosed today will not survive five years, says the latest national report on ovarian cancer released today by the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The importance of tackling chronic diseases - conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and arthritis, which tend to be long-lasting and persistent - is highlighted in a new report which shows that Australians are not doing enough to guard against these diseases.