Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- Foreword
- Sections
- Introduction
- Some trends in the health of Australians in the twentieth century
- The health of Australians
- Annual growth rate of the Australian population
- Life expectancy at birth
- Total death rate
- Major causes of death
- Potential years of life lost before age
- Self-reported prevalence of disability
- Self-reported prevalence of core activity restriction
- Expected years of life with disability and core activity restriction
- The health of subpopulations
- Indigenous population size Indigenous death rate for all causes
- Indigenous infant mortality rate
- Indigenous death rate for cardiovascular disease
- Net overseas migration rate
- Death rates among Australian-born and overseas-born persons
- Crude birth rate
- Total fertility rate and median age of mother at confinement
- Births to teenagers, and to women aged 35 and over
- Infant mortality rate
- Perinatal mortality
- Low birthweight infants
- Major birth defects rate
- Sudden infant death syndrome rate
- Death rate for accidental drowning, children aged 1 - 4 years
- Mean DMFT score and decay-free rate in 12-year-old children
- Population aged 65 and over, and 80 and over
- Life expectancy at age
- Death rate for degenerative diseases among persons aged 65 and over
- Prevalence of edentulism
- National Health Priority Areas
- Death rate for coronary heart disease
- Hospital separation rate for coronary heart disease
- Procedures for coronary heart disease
- Death rate for stroke
- Incidence and death rates for all cancers
- Incidence and death rates for colorectal cancer
- Incidence and death rates for cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung
- Incidence and death rates for melanoma
- Incidence and death rates for non-melanocytic skin cancers
- Incidence and death rates for breast cancer
- Incidence and death rates for cervical cancer
- Incidence and death rates for prostate cancer
- Death rate for all causes of injury
- Death rate for road vehicle accidents
- Hospital separation rate for road vehicle accidents
- Death rate for accidental falls among persons aged 65 and over
- Death rate for accidents due to fire, burns and scalds among persons aged 55 and over
- Death rate from overdose of heroin, methadone or other opiates
- Death rate for suicide and self-inflicted injury
- Death rate for homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons
- Death rate for diabetes
- Death rate for asthma
- Health determinants and risk factors
- Proportion of 1-year-olds fully immunised
- Incidence rates for pertussis, measles and meningococcal disease
- Newly diagnosed HIV infection
- Incidence and death rates for AIDS
- Notification rates for sexually transmitted diseases
- Rates of new and reactivated cases of tuberculosis
- Apparent consumption of fats
- Apparent consumption of fruit and vegetables
- Apparent consumption of sugars
- Proportion of 25 - 64-year-olds who are considered overweight
- Proportion of 25 - 64-year-olds with high total blood cholesterol
- Proportion of 25 - 64-year-olds who drink alcohol at hazardous or harmful levels
- Proportion of 25 - 64-year-olds engaged in physical activity
- Proportion of persons aged 16 years and over who currently smoke
- Proportion of 25 - 64 year olds with high blood pressure
- Health service delivery, costs and performance
- Total health expenditure as a proportion of GDP
- Health expenditure per person
- Medical services expenditure per person
- Acute care hospital expenditure per person
- Home and community care expenditure per person aged 65 years and over
- Employment in the health industry
- Numbers of health professionals
- Acute care hospital beds
- Residential aged care places and community aged care packages for persons aged 70 years and over
- Health service utilisation and access
- Acute care hospital separation rate
- Average length of stay in acute care hospitals
- Acute care hospital patient days
- Medical consultations per person
- Organ and tissue transplants, and donor rate
- Use of dental services by adults
- Proportion of the population with private health insurance
- End matter
- Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
- References