Between 1998 and 2012, life expectancy at birth has risen by 4 years for boys and nearly 3 years for girls. Summary Life expectancy measures how many years on average a person can expect to live, if current death rates do not change. The term 'health expectancy' is used to describe, within a person's life...

Outlines the processes undertaken towards establishing the National Early Childhood Development Researchable Data Set, which aims to link health and education data, using both jurisdictional and national data sources. Summary This report describes the processes undertaken from 2011-13 towards the development of an ongoing National Early Childhood Development Researchable Data Set (NECD RDS). This data...

In this report, four programs that were already being implemented by states and territories and identified by them under the National Indigenous Law & Justice Framework as promising practice in diversion are examined. Executive summary Diversion from the youth justice system is a critical goal for addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous young people in the...

Presents information about persons aged 15 years and over who worked at some time in the last 12 months and experienced their most recent work-related injury or illness in that period.

Provides a comprehensive summary of the latest available data on the prevalence and incidence in the Australian population of these three chronic vascular diseases, acting alone or together. It examines age and sex characteristics and variations across population groups, by geographical location, and by socioeconomic disadvantage. Introduction This report on prevalence and incidence is the...