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released: 30 Jun 1996 author: AIHW

The fifth biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. This publication provides comprehensive information and the most recent data available on health and health services in Australia. It also details key sources of health information and statistics in this country, and directions for the future. Australia's Health 1996 is an important reference text and information source for all Australians with an interest in health, in addition to medical and paramedical personnel and students, health workers and those working in or studying health administration, policy, planning and management.

ISBN 978 0 642 24706 3; Cat. no. AIHW 26; 304pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Letter of transmittal
    • Editorial team, contributors and referees
    • Contents
    • Preface
  • Chapters
    1. The health of Australians
      1. Health and its determinants
      2. Mortality
      3. Disability and handicap
      4. Newer measures of health
      5. Health and ill-health in special populations
    2. Important causes of ill-health in Australia
      1. Setting priorities
      2. Communicable diseases
      3. Cancer
      4. Cardiovascular disease
      5. Dental disease
      6. Injury
      7. Mental health
    3. Improving the health of Australians
      1. Nutrition
      2. Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs
      3. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease
      4. Environmental factors and disease
    4. Health service funding and expenditure
      1. Structure and administration of health services in Australia
      2. Health services funding and expenditure
      3. Private health insurance
    5. Health care resources and their use
      1. Health personnel
      2. Institutional facilities
      3. Use of hospitals
      4. Waiting for elective surgery
      5. Care of the aged
      6. Medical services
      7. Use of dental services
      8. Use of prescription drugs
      9. Benchmarking
    6. Development of health information
      1. A framework for development
      2. Achievements in health statistics
      3. Gaps and deficiencies in health statistics
  • End matter
    • Statistical tables
    • Methods and conventions 
    • Abbreviations 
    • Glossary 
    • Index 

Recommended citation

AIHW 1996. Australia's health 1996. Australia's health no. 5. Cat. no. AIHW 26. Canberra: AIHW.