National preventive health monitoring dashboard

Aim 1: All Australians have the best start in life

Table 1.1: Tracking progress against the targets in Aim 1

Target	Baseline value1	Latest value2	Tracking against target3	Comparison change
Target 1: The proportion of the first 25 years lived in full health will increase by at least 2% by 2030.	In 2018, 92.1% of the first 25 years was lived in full health (AIHW 2024b).	In 2024, 91.5% of the first 25 years was lived in full health (AIHW 2024b).	No change	0.6 percentage point ↓ (decrease)
Target 2: The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies with a healthy birthweight will increase to at least 91% by 2031.	In 2017, 88.8% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies had a healthy birthweight (Productivity Commission 2024).	In 2021, 89.6% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies had a healthy birthweight (Productivity Commission 2024).	Improving4	0.7 percentage point ↑ (increase)
Target 3: The proportion of the first 0–4 years of life lived in full health will increase by at least 3.5% by 2030.	In 2018, 91.9% of the first 0−4 years was lived in full health (AIHW 2024b).	In 2024, 91.3% of the first 0–4 years was lived in full health (AIHW 2024b).	No change	0.6 percentage point ↓ (decrease)

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Aim 2: All Australians live in good health and wellbeing for as long as possible

Table 1.2: Tracking progress against the target in Aim 2

Target	Baseline value1	Latest value2	Tracking against target3	Comparison change
Target 1: Australians will have at least an additional two years of life lived in full health by 2030.	In 2018, HALE5 at birth was 71.2 years for males (88.3% of life lived in full health) (AIHW 2024b).	In 2024, HALE5 at birth was 71.7 years for males (87.8% of life lived in full health) (AIHW 2024b).	No change	Males: 0.5 years ↑ (increase)
Target 1: Australians will have at least an additional two years of life lived in full health by 2030.	In 2018, HALE5 at birth was 73.6 years for females (86.7% of life lived in full health) (AIHW 2024b).	In 2024, HALE5 at birth was 73.8 years for females (86.3% of life lived in full health) (AIHW 2024b).	No change	Females: 0.2 years ↑ (increase)

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Aim 3: Health equity is achieved for priority populations

Table 1.3: Tracking progress against the targets in Aim 3

Target	Baseline value1	Latest value2	Tracking against target3	Comparison change
Target 1: Australians in the 2 lowest socioeconomic groups (SEIFA quintiles) will have at least an additional three years of life lived in full health by 2030.	In 2018, HALE5at birth for the lowest socioeconomic groups was (AIHW 2018a): 68.6 years for males (an average of 87.7% of life lived in full health) 71.4 years for females (85.9%). In 2018, HALE4at birth for the second lowest socioeconomic group was (AIHW 2018a): 70.1 years for males (88.2%) 73.5 years for females (86.5%).	No new data available	Status not known	N/A
Target 2: Australians in regional and remote areas will have at least an additional three years of life lived in full health by 2030.	In 2018, HALE5 at birth for Inner Regional areas was (AIHW 2018a): 70.3 years for males (an average of 88.3% of life lived in full health) 73.1 years for females (86.7%). In 2018, HALE5 at birth for Outer Regional areas was (AIHW 2018a): 69.8 years for males (88.5%) 73.4 years for females (87.4%). In 2018, HALE5 at birth for Remote and Very Remote areas was (AIHW 2018a): 67.4 years for males (87.7%) 69.6 years for females (86.1%).	No new data available	Status not known	N/A
Target 3: First Nations people will have at least an additional three years of life lived in full health by 2030.	In 2018, HALE5at birth for First Nations people was (AIHW 2022b): 56.0 years for males (80% of life lived in full health) 58.8 years for females (79% of life lived in full health).	No new data available	Status not known	N/A

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Aim 4: Investment in prevention is increased

Table 1.4: Tracking progress against the target in Aim 4

Target	Baseline value1	Latest value2	Tracking against target3	Comparison change
Target 1: Investment in preventive health will rise to be 5% of total health expenditure across Commonwealth, state and territory governments by 2030.	In 2018–19, public health expenditure was 2.0% of total health expenditure across all governments (AIHW 2024f, AIHW 2024g).	In 2022–2023, public health expenditure (excluding COVID-19 spending) was 2.3% of total health expenditure across all governments (AIHW 2024f, AIHW 2024g).	No change	0.3 percentage point ↑ (increase)

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Notes

1. Baseline value is the latest year of data that was available for each target at the time the National Preventive Health Strategy (NPHS) 2021–30 and the National Obesity Strategy (NOS) 2022–2032 were developed. Progress is measured against this baseline value, noting that there might be earlier data before the baseline year. Baseline level data for some indicators are also revised throughout the years and may be different to that included in the published strategies. For each target, where possible, a longer-term trend is presented in the Interactive dashboard.
2. Latest value is the current latest year of data available to measure progress against the baseline values, as of 12 December 2024.
3. For interpretation of tracking the progress, see Table 1: Key for tracking against the targets of the National Preventive Health Strategy.
4. Assessment of the progress of this target is made by the Productivity Commission with low level of confidence.
5. Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) is the average number of years a person can be expected to live in full health (without disease and/or injury).