Based on the extensive experience of the AIHW this guide covers the basics of data development and the steps to follow when developing data. It outlines sound data development practices that incorporate the necessary steps to produce high-quality data that meet the needs of all users. The document promotes the role of metadata in describing...

This report identifies the demographics and health-related characteristics that define people with asthma and that distinguish them from those who have never had asthma.

This report details a project to develop a national Needle and Syringe Program data set to facilitate consistent and comparable data collection and reporting. While jurisdictions have now been reporting information on NSPs for a number of years, there are concerns that the information reported by jurisdictions is currently not nationally consistent or comparable because...

Drawing together a wide range of data sources, this report presents a profile of the Australian population with dementia, as well as discussing the characteristics and experiences of those caring for them.

Data reported by 1,017 general practitioners on 101,700 GP-patient encounters are used to describe aspects of general practice in Australia: the general practitioners and their patients; the problems managed and the treatments provided. Information on body weight to height ratio, smoking status and alcohol use of a subsample of patients is also provided. This publication...