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Statistics

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
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

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)

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare links

 

Browse AIHW publications for information on more general topics. Likely sources of information include Australia's Health, Australia's young people, their health and wellbeing 1999, Australian health trends, National Health Priority Areas etc.


Particularly useful are
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2007
Statistics on Drug Use in Australia
Heart, stroke and vascular diseases - Australian facts

 

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