This is a set of six reports, being released progessively, on housing assistance provided in 2004–05 under the 2003 Commonwealth–State Housing Agreement. These publications are part of the Housing Assistance Data Development Series.

Foreword The lack of national data on induced abortion in Australia represents a gap in health statistics. The AIHW’s Reproductive Health Indicators in Australia 2002 report included an indicator on induced abortions in Australia, but national data were not reported for it because data on induced abortion were not available on a routine basis Australia-wide.

Highlights This report presents information on diabetes-related deaths in Australia between 2001 and 2003 using death certificate data. The term ‘diabetes-related deaths’ is used in this analysis to refer to deaths where diabetes was considered to have been either the primary (underlying), or a contributory (associated) cause of death when the underlying cause of death...

The thirteenth in the annual series prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s National Perinatal Statistics Unit, this report provides national information on the pregnancy and childbirth of mothers, and the characteristics and outcomes of their babies. This is a collaborative effort of the NPSU and states and territories, and is for use...

Drawing on April 2004 to March 2005 data from 953 general practitioners on 95,300 GP-patient encounters, this report describes aspects of general practice in Australia: the general practitioners and their patients; the problems managed and the treatments provided.