The report provides national information on the pregnancy and childbirth of mothers, and the characteristics and outcomes of their babies. Key findings: Mothers The average maternal age in 2010 was 30.0 years compared with 29.2 years in 2001. About 42.1% of women were having their first baby and the average age for first-time mothers was...

This report describes episodes of hospitalised interpersonal violence in the 3 years after the introduction of perpetrator coding in Australia in 2002. It also provides a technical demonstration of the type of analysis that is possible using perpetrator codes. During 2002-03 to 2004-05, 60,926 people were hospitalised and three-quarters of them were male. The most...

This paper reports on the 316,500 people who experienced severe incontinence in 2009, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers. Key findings: Incontinence affects many people in Australia An estimated 316,500 people experienced severe incontinence as it is defined in the 2009 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers. The...

This report presents the latest available information on incidence, mortality, survival, prevalence, burden of cancer, hospitalisations and national cancer screening programs. It is estimated that the most commonly diagnosed cancers in 2012 will be prostate cancer, bowel cancer and breast cancer. For all cancers combined, the incidence rate increased by 12% from 1991 to 2009...

This is the first report from the National Centre for Monitoring Diabetes to examine the management and impact of diabetes in youth in Australia. Diabetes affects a considerable number of young people: in 2010, about 31,300 Australians aged 0-30 years with diabetes were registered with the National Diabetes Service Scheme. Most (79%) had Type 1...