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

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

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