Between 1998 and 2012, life expectancy at birth has risen by 4 years for boys and nearly 3 years for girls. Summary Life expectancy measures how many years on average a person can expect to live, if current death rates do not change. The term 'health expectancy' is used to describe, within a person's life...

Outlines the processes undertaken towards establishing the National Early Childhood Development Researchable Data Set, which aims to link health and education data, using both jurisdictional and national data sources. Summary This report describes the processes undertaken from 2011-13 towards the development of an ongoing National Early Childhood Development Researchable Data Set (NECD RDS). This data...

Provides a comprehensive summary of the latest available data on the prevalence and incidence in the Australian population of these three chronic vascular diseases, acting alone or together. It examines age and sex characteristics and variations across population groups, by geographical location, and by socioeconomic disadvantage. Introduction This report on prevalence and incidence is the...

This report on stage 2 of the national core maternity indicators project describes the development of 8 indicators, including scoping and assessment of existing data items for reporting. Summary This report builds on previous work undertaken by the AIHW for the Maternity Services Inter-Jurisdictional Committee (MSIJC) of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) on...

This paper provides an overview of data about the national response of the health and welfare system to the mental health care needs of Australians. Introduction This Mental health services—in brief 2014 report has been produced as a companion publication to the Mental health services in Australia website. The report provides an annual overview of...