Australia's health 2020: in brief
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Topic: Australia's health 2022
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Australia's health 2020: in brief, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 11 December 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Australia's health 2020: in brief. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health 2020: in brief. AIHW, 2020.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health 2020: in brief. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Australia's health 2020: in brief, AIHW, Canberra.
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Australia’s health 2020: in brief presents highlights from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s 17th biennial report on the nation’s health. It tells the story of health in Australia with key findings on our health status, health system, and health disparities across some population groups.
This edition of Australia’s health introduces a new format and expanded product suite:
- ISSN: 2651-9488
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-691-5
- Cat. no: AUS 232
- Pages: 76
Findings from this report:
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There were 11.5 million hospitalisations in 2018–19—6.9 million in public hospitals; 4.6 million in private hospitals
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Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death in Australia
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An estimated 11.6% of Australian adults were daily smokers in 2019, less than half the rate in 1991 (25%)
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3 in 10 Indigenous Australians had an Indigenous-specific health check in 2017–18, nearly triple the rate in 2010–11