Library Guides: Statistics: Health statistics

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Health statistics can be found in a number of locations. The following call numbers may be useful:

362 - 362.4 - Social welfare and problems
519.502461 - General statistics for health
614 - 614.6 - Incidence and prevention of disease

Try a search in Tropicat, our library catalogue for books about health and statistics. You can then sort the results by date, location etc.

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Selected health statistics by subject

Hover cursor over each link for the data source.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Welfare
ABS data.
Australian Health Survey 2011-2012
From the ABS.
Cancer
Health Insite, includes links to:
lung cancer
skin cancers
bowel cancer
prostate cancer
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
cervical cancer
breast cancer
ovarian cancer
Cardiovascular Health
From AIHW
Diabetes
Includes information from AIHW, Diabetes Australia and Baker IDI.
Drugs & Alcohol
From AIHW. Provides links to the National Drug Strategy Household survey, national opioid pharmacotherapy statistics annual data, and others.
Hosptials
AIHW Hospital Statistics 1993-2012 (not all years are available)
Male Health
Information from AIHW, Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet, and the Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Mental Health
Mental Health Services in Australia
Stroke
Includes information from the AIHW
Suicide
Vision Impairment
Women's Health
Includes information from AIHW, Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet, Cancer Council Australia, and Australian Department of Health and Ageing

Latest AIHW publication releases

Latest Reports from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Quick Australian statisitics by subject

From the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Australian sites

ABS Health
A wide range of sources of information about public health in Australia
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
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Subject areas include:
Ageing and aged care
Alcohol and other drugs
Arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases
Burden of disease
Cancer
Cardiovascular health
Children, youth and families
Chronic diseases
Chronic kidney disease
Data standards
Diabetes
eHealth
Eye health
Expenditure
Functioning and disability
Health Priority Areas
Hospitals
Housing and homelessness
Indicators
Indigenous Australians
International collaboration
Labour force
Mental health
METeOR (metadata registry for health and welfare)
Mortality
Palliative care
Population health
Prisoner health and juvenile justice
Risk factors
Rural health
Safety and quality of health care
Veterans' health
QLD Government Health Statistics Publications
Medicare Statistics
Health Insite
Health Insite is an Australian Government site that provides a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics.
Dept of Health & Ageing Statistics
NHMRC Statistics
Research funding data
Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU)
Located at the University of Adelaide it provides an integrated health information system that provides information on a broad range of health determinants across the life course
Dental Practice Education and Research Unit
University of Adelaide
A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia 2008
Australian Human Rights Commission
SA Government Health Statistics

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the leading authority on health information/matters and health research within the United Nations system. The WHO webpage provides access to information, research and statistics on global health issues and topics.
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
National statistics for 70 core indicators on mortality, morbidity, risk factors, service coverage, and health systems
WHO Global InfoBase Online
Data on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO Member States
Global Health Atlas
Standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels
Regional Statistics
Statistical information from WHO Regional Offices
World Health Report
Each year the report combines an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries, with a focus on a specific subject. The main purpose of the report is to provide countries, donor agencies, international organizations and others with the information they need to help them make policy and funding decisions.

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The report is also offered to a wider audience, from universities, teaching hospitals and schools, to journalists and the public at large - anyone, in fact, with a professional or personal interest in international health issues.
Health Topics
WHO projects, initiatives, activities, information products, and contacts, organized by health and development topics.
International Travel & Health
Provides information on health risks for travellers
International Health Regulations
Global rules to enhance national, regional and global public health security
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
The international standard diagnostic classification for all general epidemiological, many health management purposes and clinical use.
International Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Int.)
a collection of quality specifications for pharmaceutical substances and dosage forms together with supporting general methods of analysis, that is intended to serve as source material for reference or adaptation by any WHO Member State wishing to establish pharmaceutical requirements.

Other international sites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Baed in Atlanta in the USA, the CDC is a leading health organisation that collects a wide range of US and world-wide statistics.
Childinfo.org
Contains UNICEF’s statistical information, including data used in The State of the World’s Children and Progress for Children. Also here are technical resources for conducting UNICEF-supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), which are a major source of global development data
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS/WHO estimates are based on all available data, including surveys of pregnant women, population-based surveys, and other surveillance information. UNAIDS views such information as complementary and useful in helping to estimate the number of people living with HIV in a country
The State of the World's Children 2009
UNICEF report that examines critical issues in maternal and newborn health, underscoring the need to establish a comprehensive continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children
POPLINE: POPulation information onLINE
The world's largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues
UNICEF
Provides emergency and ongoing support to children around the world, including tracking and reporting on health trends.
UNICEF State of the World's Children Reports 1996-current
Each year, UNICEF’s flagship publication, The State of the World's Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. The report includes supporting data and statistics and is available in French and Spanish language versions