Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Letter of transmittal
    • Editorial team, contributors and referees
    • Contents
    • Preface
  • Chapters
    1. The health of Australians
      1. Health and its determinants
      2. Mortality
      3. Disability and handicap
      4. Newer measures of health
      5. Health and ill-health in special populations
    2. Important causes of ill-health in Australia
      1. Setting priorities
      2. Communicable diseases
      3. Cancer
      4. Cardiovascular disease
      5. Dental disease
      6. Injury
      7. Mental health
    3. Improving the health of Australians
      1. Nutrition
      2. Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs
      3. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease
      4. Environmental factors and disease
    4. Health service funding and expenditure
      1. Structure and administration of health services in Australia
      2. Health services funding and expenditure
      3. Private health insurance
    5. Health care resources and their use
      1. Health personnel
      2. Institutional facilities
      3. Use of hospitals
      4. Waiting for elective surgery
      5. Care of the aged
      6. Medical services
      7. Use of dental services
      8. Use of prescription drugs
      9. Benchmarking
    6. Development of health information
      1. A framework for development
      2. Achievements in health statistics
      3. Gaps and deficiencies in health statistics
  • End matter
    • Statistical tables
    • Methods and conventions 
    • Abbreviations 
    • Glossary 
    • Index