Overview
Australia’s health: topic summaries present key information and statistics on 60+ different health topics. They cover a broad range of health conditions, factors that can influence our health, and aspects of Australia’s health system. Together, these summaries provide a comprehensive coverage of statistics for understanding health in Australia, and provide links to more information.
Australia’s health: topic summaries are a component of the 3-part product suite forming Australia’s health. The suite also includes:
Domains
The topic summaries are organised under the 5 domains of health status, health system, determinants of health, health of population groups and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Expand the boxes below to see the summaries under each domain.
Explore Australia's health topic summaries
Explore the leading causes of ill health in Australia, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health conditions and musculoskeletal conditions.
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Burden of disease
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Cancer
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Chronic conditions
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Chronic kidney disease
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Chronic musculoskeletal conditions
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Chronic respiratory conditions
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COVID-19
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Dementia
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Diabetes
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Health of people experiencing homelessness
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Heart, stroke and vascular disease
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Infectious and communicable diseases
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Injury
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Life expectancy and causes of death
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Measures of health and health care for Australia and similar countries
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Mental health
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Multimorbidity
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Oral health and dental care
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Physical health of people with mental illness
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Suicide and intentional self-harm
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Understanding health and health data
Examine the key aspects of Australia’s health system – how it works, who funds it, key services provided, and the composition of the workforce that delivers frontline services.
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Alcohol and other drug treatment services
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Cancer screening
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Digital health
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First Nations people and the health system
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General practice, allied health and other primary care services
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Health care safety and quality
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Health expenditure
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Health promotion and health protection
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Health system overview
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Health workforce
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Hospitals
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Immunisation and vaccination
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Medicines in the health system
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Mental health services
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Palliative care services
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Pathology, imaging and other diagnostic services
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Referred medical specialist attendances
A person’s health and wellbeing is influenced by individual, societal and socioeconomic factors. Explore the ‘determinants’ which can affect the health of individuals and communities.
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Alcohol
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Biomedical risk factors
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Built environment and health
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Determinants of health for First Nations people
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Diet
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Family, domestic and sexual violence
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Illicit drug use
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Natural environment and health
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Overweight and obesity
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Physical activity
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Social determinants of health
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Stress and trauma
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Tobacco and e-cigarettes
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What are determinants of health?
Examine the different health experiences of certain population groups in Australia.
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Health and wellbeing of First Nations people
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Health of children
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Health of mothers and babies
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Health of older people
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Health of people in prison
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Health of people with disability
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Health of veterans
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Health of young people
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Profile of Australia's population
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Profile of First Nations people
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Rural and remote health
Explore the health status, determinants of health and use of health services that are specific to the First Nations population.
For the latest versions of Australia’s health: topic summaries, including interactive content, use the links above.
For a summary of the state of health in Australia today, see Australia’s health 2024: in brief.
Download a point-in-time compilation of the Australia’s health topic summaries (web pages), as at 2 July 2024: Australia's health 2024: topic summaries [PDF 37.7MB]