Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Data update: Short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 Australian bushfires, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 June 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Data update: Short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 Australian bushfires. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/environment-and-health/data-update-health-impacts-2019-20-bushfires
Data update: Short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 Australian bushfires. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 12 November 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/environment-and-health/data-update-health-impacts-2019-20-bushfires
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Data update: Short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 Australian bushfires [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2021 [cited 2023 Jun. 1]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/environment-and-health/data-update-health-impacts-2019-20-bushfires
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2021, Data update: Short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 Australian bushfires, viewed 1 June 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/environment-and-health/data-update-health-impacts-2019-20-bushfires
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This web report is an update to the 2020 report, Australian bushfires 2019–20: exploring the short-term health impacts. This report provides additional information on the short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 bushfires through the analysis of admitted patient hospitalisations, emergency department presentations and use of bushfire-specific mental health Medicare-subsidised services in Australia, as well as changes in the frequency of selected physical activities in the Australian Capital Territory.
Increases in hospitalisations for burns in some areas coincided with fire activity
There was an increase in mental health-related service use in some areas associated with fire activity
Physical activity data for the ACT show a decrease in activities like riding and running when smoke pollution was high
Hospitalisations and ED presentations for respiratory illness increased with poor air quality caused by bushfire smoke
Summary
Introduction
Outdoor physical activity (Australian Capital Territory)
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