Overview

Men and women have distinct health and welfare needs and concerns related to their gender and biological sex. This is illustrated by different rates of injury, illness and mortality; different attitudes towards health and other risks; the way each group uses health services; and differences in their health outcomes and wellbeing.

More reports and statistics on women can be found under Mothers & babies.

Latest findings

9.9% of mothers smoked at any time during pregnancy in 2016 (declining from 14.6% in 2009) 57% of females had private health insurance in 2017–18 More than 1 in 3 Australian women (37%) have experienced violence since they turned 15 89% of females aged 15 and over reported visiting their GP in the last 12 months in 2017–18 Life expectancy at birth for Indigenous males increased by 2.5 years to 71.6 years between 2010–2012 and 2015–2017 2 in 5 males (42%) have experienced violence since they turned 15 5-year relative survival from prostate cancer improved from 59% to 95% between 1985–1989 and 2010–2014 Males had nearly twice the rate of death from coronary heart disease and lung cancer as females in 2016

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