The health of Australia's prisoners 2010

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Release Date: 28 Sep 2011

Topic: People in prison

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) The health of Australia's prisoners 2010, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). The health of Australia's prisoners 2010. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The health of Australia's prisoners 2010. AIHW, 2011.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The health of Australia's prisoners 2010. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, The health of Australia's prisoners 2010, AIHW, Canberra.

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The health of Australia's prisoners 2010 is the second report on indicators of prisoner health in Australia. The two-week snapshot showed that: almost 1 in 3 prison entrants had ever been told they have a mental health disorder and 1 in 5 prisoners in custody were taking medication for a mental health condition. More than 4 in 5 prison entrants currently smoked tobacco; over half reported drinking alcohol at risk levels; and 2 in 3 had used illicit drugs during the previous 12 months. Further, more than 1 in 3 prison entrants had not completed Year 10 at school; and 1 in 4 prison entrants had a chronic condition such as asthma, cardiovascular disease or diabetes. The report also contains data relating to communicable diseases, deaths in custody, and the use of prison health services.

ISBN: 978-1-74249-195-0
Cat. no: PHE 149
Pages: 206

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Snapshot of the health of Australia’s prisoners: distress related to current incarceration and consultation with medical professional in prison in last 12 months required but not completed (for those who had been in prison in last 12 months) have been amended due to calculation errors.

Table 3.3 has been amended due to table entry errors.
Table 3.4 and associated text has been amended due to calculation errors.
Table 3.5 and associated text has been amended due to calculation errors.
Text around prevalence of diabetes, page 48 has been amended to include prevalence of diabetes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous entrants.
Table 5.10 has been amended due to a table entry error.
Table 5.11 has been amended due to a table entry error.
Table 5.21 has been amended due to a source error.
Text around deaths in custody, page 117 has been amended due to typing errors.
Western Australia, highest level of completed education, page 140 has been amended due to table entry errors.
Northern Territory prison health services in Australia, page 154 text has been amended due to typing errors.

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