Australian Health Statistics
There are many sources for statistics, the following list of resources are a good place to start looking:
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): Health
Publishes the most comprehensive source of Australian statistical information. The ABS measures the health of the Australian population by measuring mortality, morbidity, lifestyle factors, disability, and the use of health services. Click on the Themes tab to see more information, eg. morbidity, disability.
Australian Cancer Atlas
The Australian Cancer Atlas is an online, interactive platform showing how measures relating to cancer diagnosis, survival, recognised risk factors, screening, and selected hospital treatment vary by small geographical areas across Australia.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The national agency for health and welfare statistics. Click on Data Online for full data sets; or Publications for published sets and summaries, all of which are available in full text online.
AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit Collects and publishes information and statistics in reproductive and perinatal health.
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet
Web-based information on indigenous health compiled either from this site or from other sources, with a bibliography to help searching further.
Australia's Health Tracker by Area is an interactive website that provides the most up to date Australian data on chronic diseases, conditions and their risk factors.
Department of Health - StatisticsStatistics include General Practice, Medicare, Hospital, Hospital Casemix & Private Hospital data, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
data.gov.au
Data.gov.au is the central source of Australian open government data. Anyone can access the anonymised public data published by federal, state and local government agencies.
Health Status of VictoriansIncludes information about the health and determinants of health of Victorians.
Injury Atlas Victoria
The Injury Atlas of Victoria is developed by the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) , Monash University Accident Reseach Centre. The Injury Atlas presents de-identified hospital-treated unintentional injury data supplied by the Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI). This can be used by government departments and agencies of all levels, health and injury prevention organisations, media, business and industry, education institutions, research groups and the community.
Knowledge BankVictoria's Health and Human Services Workforce Information Portal. Also see: https://www.vicknowledgebank.net.au/resource-library
National Health Data Hub
The National Health Data Hub (NHDH) is a major national data linkage system for health and welfare research and analysis. It comprises de-identified and enduring health and welfare data from state and territory, Commonwealth and non-government data sources.
Victorian Population Health Survey
The Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS) has been conducted each year since 2001. Information from the survey provides an annual assessment of the health status and wellbeing of adults living in Victoria and provides data for key population health indicators.
Victorian Women's Health Atlas
Access more than 50 health and socioeconomic indicators for Victoria at statewide, regional and local government area level on a single easy-to-use platform. Compare female/male data, explore time trends, and download factsheets.