This report describes the characteristics and activity of Australia's mental health services including ambulatory and residential mental health-related care provided by hospitals, community-based services, general practitioners, private psychiatrists and some disability support services. Information on the broad trends in mental health care is presented in an easy-to-use summary. Detailed statistics show the hospital care of...

This data briefing explores self-reported leisure-time physical activity and selected dietary behaviours collected in the 2001 National Health survey and analyses how they vary by weight status for adults aged 20 years and over.

This report estimates the nutrient content in the food supply, from which assessments can be made as to whether the nutrients available for consumption in Australia are adequate to meet the needs of the population.

This paper present findings of the review of the first year of collection of the National Community Mental Health Care Database, which is supplied to the AIHW under the specifications of the National Minimum Data Set for Community Mental Health Care.

The AIHW's report Australia's Welfare 2003 presented a set of broad summary indicators of the welfare of Australia's population, assembling indicators and data from authoritative Australian literature and statistical publications. This working paper presents the background research on which that material was based, together with more detailed information on the development of the conceptual framework...