Notes

Acknowledgements

The Neurological conditions in Australia 2025 project was undertaken by members of the Chronic Conditions Unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

The Neurological conditions in Australia report and collection of articles on specific neurological conditions was led by the Chronic Conditions Unit at the AIHW.

Special thanks to Amy Young for reviewing the report, and the Burden of Disease and Mortality Unit, the First Nations Health and Welfare Group, the GEN and Aged Care Data Unit, the Health Economics Unit, the Hospitals Data Unit, and the Prevention and Environmental Health Unit of the AIHW for the provision of data and custodian review.

Reporting decisions were made in consultation with the Neurological Conditions Expert Advisory Group whose members are Professor Kaarin Anstey (Chair), Rohan Greenland (MS Australia), Dr Emma Foster (Monash University), Associate Professor Zoe Aitken (Melbourne University), Associate Professor Preeyaporn Srasuebkul (University of NSW), Lorraine O’Connor (NSW Health), Dr Mary Webb (consumer representative), Leanne Laajoki (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing), Diksha Chaudhary (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing), Charika Herath Liyanage (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing), Belinda Baker (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing), Pippa Robinson (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing), Vanessa Burgess (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing) and Sophie Davison (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing). The Chronic Conditions Unit extends its thanks for the ongoing contributions to the project.

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing funded this project and provided valuable input throughout the development process.

Amendments

17 April 2026:

In the Epilepsy in Australia web article, the highlights section infographic tiles on hospitalisations and emergency department (ED) presentations reported statistics for the wrong year.

  • For hospitalisations, one tile reported that there were 25,300 hospitalisations (9.4 hospitalisations per 100,000 population). This has been changed to 25,200 hospitalisations (94 hospitalisations per 100,000 population).
  • For ED presentations, one tile reported that there were 28,100 (103 per 100,000 population) ED presentations. This has been changed to 29,200 (110 per 100,000 population) ED presentations.

In the Emergency department presentations section of the article, 2 dot points reported statistics for the wrong year. 

  • The first dot point reported that there were 28,100 emergency department (ED) presentations due to epilepsy (103 presentations per 100,000 population). The numbers have been changed to 29,200 and 110, respectively.
  • The second dot point reported the rate of ED presentations for males and females (110 and 91 per 100,000 population, respectively) and age standardised rates (120 and 95 presentations per 100,000 for males and females, respectively). These have been changed to 120 and 97 per 100,000 population for males and females, respectively (crude) and 120 and 100 presentations per 100,000 population for males and females, respectively (age-standardised).