The following links provide a range of sources of smoking prevalence, smoking related death and disease and general health statistics in Australia. In the main, they come from two sources, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). To gain more useful information from some sources, it is helpful to know the main tobacco-related illnesses (see Quit SA information sheets).

 

Australian Bureau of Statistics links
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare  links
Other sources


Australian Bureau of Statistics links
http://www.abs.gov.au/

The ABS is the premier source of a range of Australian statistics. They collect census (mainly demographic) information every 5 years, and are an authoritative source of information on a range of key national indicators. Some of their publications are available online, while others can be accessed at your local library.

The ABS provides population data on a range of health measures. Smoking specific information is rare.

Suggested starting point - go to Themes > people > health. From there you can look at a list of all ABS health related publications.

Topics of interest include mortality data (eg deaths, causes of death), National Health Survey results, Indigenous health, mental health papers, etc.

Look also at Year Books - some years contain relevant articles (See Long-term mortality trends, Chronic diseases and risk factors), and list of publications under Australian Social Trends.

Australian Social Trends Series

Australian Social Trends 2000 Health - Risk Factors: Trends in smoking
Australian Social Trends 1996 Health - Health status: The health of indigenous people
Australian Social Trends 1996 Health - Risk Factors: Health risk factors and Indigenous people
Australian Social Trends 1994 Health - Risk Factors: Tobacco use

National Health Survey

National Health Survey - Summary of Results, Australia
(released 2006, from data collected 2004-2005)

National Health Survey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Results, Australia
(released Nov 2006, from data collected 2004-2005)


 

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare links

The burden of disease and injury in Australia, 2003: Full report 
The burden of disease and injury in Australia, 1998: Full report
The burden of disease and injury in Australia, 1998: Summary report
Quantification of drug caused mortality and morbidity in Australia in 1998
Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2006
Cancer in Australia Series (2001)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (2005)

National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2007
First results
State and territory supplement

Statistics on Drug Use in Australia
2006
2004

2002

Heart, stroke and vascular diseases - Australian facts
2004
2001

Other papers of interest (not necessarily containing statistical data)
Development of National Public Health Indicators - Discussion Paper 
 



 Other sources

Cancer in South Australia

Smoking Rates among South Australian Secondary School Children  

Australian schoolchildren's smoking rates 
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health information

Tobacco statistics from VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control
The latest tobacco taxes, prices, production, expenditure, reported consumption and revenue in Australia. Also tobacco imports.

WHO Tobacco Control Country Profiles 2003 - Australia