International health - how Australia compares
Examines our international standing for a range of different health and health-related indicators. It provides most recent and trend data for 70 different indicators in comparing Australia with 19 other developed countries. Areas examined include population, fertility and pregnancy, important causes of ill-health, mortality, health services and resources, and health determinants. The data contained in the report is supported by graphs and league tables that show Australia's position amongst similar countries, as well as guides to further information for each topic.
Health in rural and remote Australia: the first report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on rural health
Compares the health of people living in rural and remote areas with that of people living in metropolitan areas across Australia. The report shows that people living in rural and remote areas have many health disadvantages their urban counterparts do not experience, including: shortages of health care providers and services in some areas, difficulties in accessing health care and greater exposure to injury.
National Biomedical Risk Factor Survey: report of workshop held 31 October 1997
There are growing demands in Australia for a national survey of biomedical risk factors, especially blood indices, as part of national public health monitoring. In response, the AIHW convened a workshop in late 1997 under the auspices of the National Public Health Information Working Group, a subcommittee of the Natiional Public Health Partnership Group.
NHPA report on injury prevention and control 1997
Updates the data and trends provided in the First Report on National Health Priority Areas. This report provides an overview of progress in the field of injury and identifies opportunities for improving injury prevention and control.
First report on the national health priority areas, summary
Summary version of the First Report on National Health Priority Areas.
First report on the national health priority areas, full report
Focuses on the health of Australians by documenting progress towards goals and targets for the five priority areas of cardiovascular health, cancer control, injury prevention and control, mental health, and diabetes mellitus.
First report on the national health priority areas: summary set
This special package includes the full report and the summary.
Meeting the national needs for public health information
This report reviews the statistical information needs of the Public Health Division, in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services.
Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children
Reports on the findings of the National Survey of Lead in Children, which was conducted by the AIHW in February and March 1995. Its detailed statistical analysis examines the roles of the many factors associated with high blood lead levels in pre-school children.
Health differentials among young Australian adults
This report is an important reference that gives information on broad health indicators covering mortality, handicap, disability, perceived health status, illness and accident rates and health service use and on specific health problems such as suicide, motor vehicle traffic accidents, drug dependence, cancers, epilepsy, deafness, smoking and risk drinking.
Tobacco use and its health impact in Australia
This report summarises the health effects of tobacco on those who use the product and describes patterns and trends in tobacco use in Australia. It also provides estimates of the health care costs of tobacco-related disease to the Australian community.
Australian health trends 1995
Australian Health Trends 1995 contains information on 80 indicators of health. The publication aims to inform the general public, health professionals, students of public health and policy makers of changes in the health of Australians, factors which influence their health, and the health system.
Health differentials among Australian children
Documents health differentials between groups of Australian Children aged 0-14 years and characterised by various indicators including: sex, family, composition, family income, parental education, parental employment status, socioeconomic status, State or Territory, metropolitan or non-metropolitan, ethnicity, and place of residence.
Australian health indicators bulletin no. 4: June 1995
Reports on highlights from the most up-to-date data on the nation's health. Main article in this issue: Australians need more exercise.
Australian health indicators bulletin no. 3: March 1995
Reports on highlights from the most up-to-date data on the nation's health. Main article in this issue: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and alcohol.
Australian health indicators bulletin no. 2: December 1994
Reports on highlights from the most up-to-date data on the nation's health. Main article in this issue: Australians more sensible about alcohol.
Health differentials among older Australians
Documents health differentials in Australia using national population health and mortality data relating to the late 1980s. The first, entitled Health Differentials Among Adult Australians aged 25-64 years, was published in 1994 by the AIHW.
Mortality surveillance Australia 1981-1992
A reference text on trends in individual causes of death.
Advances in health expectancies
Proceedings of the Seventh International Meeting of the Network on Health Expectancy (Reseau Esperance de Vie en Sante-REVIES) held in Canberra in February 1994. The proceedings discuss health expectancies which provide a powerful tool for monitoring population health and developing public policy, as well as informing discussions about trends in human longevity and quality of life.
Health differentials among adult Australians aged 25-64 years
Documents health differentials among working-age Australians in the late 1980s.
Australian health indicators bulletin no. 1: July 1994
Reports on highlights from the most up-to-date data on the nation's health. Main article features: Smoking down but not out.
Assessment of self-reported height and weight and their use in the determination of body mass index
Analyses data from the National Heart Foundation's 1989 Risk Factor Prevalence Survey. The main purpose of the report is to provide a calibration for estimating actual anthropometric measures from self-reported height and weight, in particular for estimating actual body mass index compared to self-reported body mass index.
Mortality surveillance Australia 1979-90
A reference text on trends in individual causes of death.
Unemployment and health: what do the Australian population data tell us?
Paper presented at the National Conference of the Australian Medical Association in Canberra, 30 May 1992.
Health expectancies in Australia 1981 and 1988
This report provides estimates of health expectancies for Australians. Data on the prevalence of disability and handicap were derived from population surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1981 and 1988. These surveys relied on respondents' personal assessments of impairments and disabilities and on limitations or need for assistance in carrying out various specified activities of daily living.