29 May 2025
Hospital admission rates in Australia have increased
Hospital admission rates in Australia have increased
15 May 2025
Unintentional falls remain the leading cause of injury hospitalisation and death among women in Australiab
Unintentional falls remain the leading cause of injury hospitalisation and death among women in Australia
02 Apr 2025
Nuzmber of patients undergoing elective surgery in Australia’s public hospitals highest on record
Number of patients undergoing elective surgery in Australia’s public hospitals highest on record
12 Dec 2024
Preventive health monitoring dashboard tracks Australia’s progress against 2 key strategies
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has today published a new, interactive monitoring dashboard to track progress against targets of 2 key strategies designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians.
12 Dec 2024
Living with overweight or obesity overtakes tobacco as new leading burden of disease risk factor
Living with overweight or obesity has overtaken tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor contributing to disease burden in 2024.
06 Dec 2024
Number of patients undergoing elective surgery in Australia’s public hospitals highest on record
Public hospital admissions for elective surgery were the highest on record in 2023–24, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), indicating a return to pre-COVID levels of elective surgical activity.
20 Nov 2024
Health spending in Australia returns to pre-pandemic levels
Australia’s health spending has returned to pre-pandemic levels, with a total expenditure of $252.5 billion on health goods and services in 2022–23. This equates to $9,597 per person and represents 9.9% of the national economic activity.
15 Nov 2024
Causes of injury leading to hospitalisation and death over the last decade revealed
Falls, transport, assault and accidental poisoning are among the leading external causes of injury hospitalisations and deaths in Australia, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
10 Oct 2024
Improvements in eye health for First Nations people
Trachoma prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children in at-risk communities continues to fall, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
30 Sep 2024
Do you use the GRIM books? We want to hear from you!
Each year the AIHW releases 56 Excel workbooks providing national-level mortality data spanning from the early 1900s to the most recent year of available data, known as the General Record of Incidence of Mortality (GRIM) books
