A picture of Australia's children 2009 (AIHW)

released: 17 Jun 2009 author: AIHW media release

This report delivers the latest information on how, as a nation, we are faring according to key indicators of child health, development and wellbeing. Death rates among children have fallen dramatically, and most children are physically active and meet minimum standards for reading and numeracy. But it is not all good news. Rates of severe disability and diabetes are on the rise. Too many children are overweight or obese, or are at risk of homelessness, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children fare worse on most key indicators.

ISBN 978 1 74024 929 4; Cat. no. PHE 112; 224pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Preliminary material (225KB PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
  - National Child Information Advisory Group
- Summary
  - Key findings
  - Key national indicators of child health, development and wellbeing: quick reference guide
Body section
- Part I Background (203KB PDF)
  1. Introduction
  2. Children in Australia: demographic overview
  3. Australian families
- Part II How healthy are Australia's children? (313KB PDF)
  1. Mortality
  2. Chronic conditions
  3. Disability
  4. Congenital anomalies
  5. Mental health
- Part III How well are we promoting healthy child development? (230KB PDF)
  1. Breastfeeding
  2. Dental health
  3. Physical activity and nutrition
  4. Early learning
- Part IV How well are Australia's children learning and developing? (223KB PDF)
  1. Attendance at early childhood education programs
  2. Transition to primary school
  3. Attendance at primary school
  4. Literacy and numeracy
  5. Social and emotional development
- Part V What factors can affect children adversely? (273KB PDF)
  1. Teenage births
  2. Smoking in pregnancy
  3. Alcohol use in pregnancy
  4. Birthweight
  5. Overweight and obesity
  6. Environmental tobacco smoke in the home
  7. Tobacco use
  8. Alcohol misuse
- Part VI What kind of families and communities do Australia's children live in? (250KB PDF)
  1. Family functioning
  2. Family economic situation
  3. Children in non-parental care
  4. Parental health status
  5. Neighbourhood safety
  6. Social capital
- Part VII How safe and secure are Australia's children? (268KB PDF)
  1. Injuries
  2. School relationships and bullying
  3. Child abuse and neglect
  4. Children as victims of violence
  5. Homelessness
  6. Children and crime
- Part VIII How well is the system performing in delivering quality health, development and wellbeing actions to Australia's children? (212KB PDF)
  1. Neonatal hearing screening
  2. Childhood immunisation
  3. Survival for leukaemia
  4. Quality child care
  5. Child protection resubstantiations
- Part IX Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (331KB PDF)
  1. Health and wellbeing of Indigenous children
- Part X Children's Headline Indicators (178KB PDF)
  1. Headline Indicators for children's health, development and wellbeing
- Part XI data gaps and developments (152KB PDF)
  1. Data gaps
  2. New data developments relevant to children
End matter (360KB PDF)
- Appendixes
  1. Methods
  2. Data sources
- Abbreviations
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures

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AIHW 2009. A picture of Australia's children 2009. Cat. no. PHE 112. Canberra: AIHW.

A picture of Australia's children 2009

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