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The AIHW is an Australian Government statutory agency established under the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987. The Act contains very strong confidentiality protections for all data held, and requires the AIHW to publish two key biennial reports in alternate years: Australia's health and Australia's welfare. Numerous other ...
In 2021-2022, RAHC received A$6.4 million in funding, spending A$5.4 million due to less placements than anticipated during the pandemic. [ 27 ] In 2010–2011, health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was estimated at A$4.6 billion , or 3.7% of Australia's total recurrent health expenditure. [ 28 ]
A 2022 report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on the health on people in prison stated that needle and syringe exchange programs are effective, and that in countries where these programs have been introduced into prisons there has been a decrease in blood-borne virus transmissions, and no major negative consequences. [5]
The Mental Health Services 2018 Report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare produced a wide spectrum of new statistics about the Australian population. Four point two million people or 16.5% of the population received mental health related prescriptions during 2017-2018, Seventy per cent of the prescriptions were for ...
The CSIRO predicts that the additional results in Australia of a temperature rise of between only 1 and 2 °C will be: [38] Southward spread of malaria receptive zones. Risk of dengue fever among Australians increases from 170,000 people to 0.75–1.6 million. 10% increase in diarrhoeal diseases among Aboriginal children in central Australia.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports that the most recent national data on childhood and adolescent mental health (gathered in 2013–14) demonstrated that the prevalence of ADHD was 8.2% in children aged 4–11 and 6.3% in adolescents aged 12–17. [23] Severe disorders were more common among boys (10.9%) than girls (5.4%). [24]
A report by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in 2018, entitled Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia, noted that while family violence occurs across all ages and demographic groups, it mostly affects women and children, and at particular risk are Indigenous, young and pregnant women. The report revealed that 1 in 6 ...
In 2010, he was appointed as chief executive officer of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a statutory agency responsible for gathering statistics on health and welfare in Australia. Following his term as Australian Statistician, Kalisch continues to contribute to public service as a consultant undertaking a range of work for ...