Summary The years from birth to young adulthood (ages 0-24) encompass a breadth of life stages in which males undergo major developmental changes and acquire important social and health behaviours. In 2011, 3.7 million males (more than one-third of the Australian male population) were aged 0-24. Consequently, the health status of this population group is...

Summary There are apparent inconsistencies in clinical urgency categorisation among the states and territories, so recent national reporting of comparable elective surgery waiting times data has not used the national data on clinical urgency category. Variation in the recording of waiting times for patients who are not ready for care, for example, for planned follow-up...

This report looks at death and serious injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 2005-06 to 2009-10. Land transport accidents accounted for 26% of all fatal injury cases and 9% of all serious injury cases for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The age-standardised...

This report finds that Australia's prisoners have significant health issues, with high rates of mental health problems, communicable diseases, alcohol misuse, smoking and illicit drug use. Summary

Summary Young people aged 10-14 are a small but important group in youth justice Despite being a relatively small group, research indicates that young people aged 10-14 in the youth justice system are at risk of becoming chronic, long-term offenders. In 2010-11, young people aged 10-14 made up about 7% of the Australian population aged...