Interesting facts from Australia’s health 2010 data collection developed by The education team

Our people generally have good health Our health is improving on many fronts It compares well with other countries in many ways Of course there are serious areas of concern that need to be tackled and there is great scope for Australia to do better. All in all, Australia is a healthy nation

CVD death rate cancer death rate smoking rates asthma death rates infectious disease death rates fatal injuries traffic deaths What’s good?

Longer and longer lives

Outliving most of the world

What’s not so good? Obesity trend Overweight trend Diabetes rates Forecast Diabetes Dementia

What are we spending?

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Australia's health 2010 is the nation's premier source of statistics and informed commentary on: determinants of health and keys to prevention; diseases and injury; how health varies across population groups; health across the life stages; health services, expenditure and workforce; the health sector's performance. Available free to