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Australia's health 2018

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Release Date: 20 Jun 2018
Topic: Australia's health 2022
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Australia's health 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 22 March 2023. doi:10.25816/5ec1e56f25480

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Australia's health 2018 is the AIHW’s 16th biennial report on the health of Australians. It examines a wide range of contemporary topics in a series of analytical feature articles and short statistical snapshots. The report also summarises the performance of the health system against an agreed set of indicators.

Australia’s health 2018: in brief is a companion report to Australia’s health 2018.

  • ISSN: 1032-6138
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-319-8
  • DOI: Link to DOI: 10.25816/5ec1e56f25480
  • Cat. no: AUS 221
  • Pages: 570
Findings from this report:
  • 80.4 years was the life expectancy for a boy born in 2016 and 84.6 years for a girl

  • In 2016, the leading cause of death for males was heart disease, and dementia and Alzheimer disease for females

  • In 2015–16, Australia spent $170 billion on health

  • Half of us have a chronic condition and these conditions are responsible for most deaths

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  • Contents

    • Overview
    • Chapter highlights
    • Burden of disease scenario modelling
      • Insufficient physical activity
      • Overweight and obesity
    • BMI: where do you fit?
      • Diseases linked to overweight and obesity
    • Supply of the health workforce for the Indigenous population maps
      • GIRS score maps
      • GIRS summary score map
    • Indicators of Australia's health
      • Incidence of heart attacks
      • Incidence of selected cancers
      • Incidence of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses
      • Incidence of end-stage kidney disease
      • Hospitalisation for injury and poisoning
      • Proportion of babies born with low birthweight
      • Severe or profound core activity limitation
      • Psychological distress
      • Self-assessed health status
      • Infant/young child mortality rate
      • Life expectancy
      • Health literacy
      • Proportion of adults who are daily smokers
      • Proportion of adults at risk of long-term harm from alcohol
      • Fruit and vegetable intake
      • Physical inactivity
      • Unsafe sharing of needles
      • Children exposed to tobacco smoke in the home
      • Proportion of people obese and overweight
      • Water quality
      • Proportion of people with low income
      • Educational attainment
      • Immunisation rates for vaccines in the national schedule (children)
      • Immunisation rates for vaccines in the national schedule (older people)
      • Proportion of pregnancies with an antenatal visit in the first trimester
      • Cancer screening rates
      • Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations
      • Survival of people diagnosed with cancer
      • Potentially avoidable deaths
      • Adverse events treated in hospital
      • Falls resulting in patient harm in hospitals
      • Proportion of people with asthma with a written asthma action plan
      • Proportion of people with mental illness with a GP care plan
      • Bulk-billing for non-referred (GP) attendances
      • Differential access to hospital procedures
      • Waiting times for elective surgery
      • Waiting time for emergency department care
      • Net growth in health workforce
      • References
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