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Western Australian Websites

WA Department of Health - Data and statistics This section provides data sets, reports and analysis across a number of health related areas including: health risk factors diseases and populations workforce and clinical planning.
WA Department of Health - Data Linkage
WA Department of Health - Epidemiology Branch This branch aims to monitor, assess and report on the health profile and service utilisation of the Western Australian population to guide policy development, identify emerging issues, prioritise service delivery and evaluate health system performance.
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Access to the Department of Health Intranet is required.
WA Health Annual Reports
WA Health Data and Reporting
WA Register of Developmental Anomalies
Western Australian Cancer Registry The Western Australian Cancer Registry collects information about cancer diagnoses across the state. Statistics are produced to: monitor the number of new cases of cancer; plan services for the control of cancer and the care of cancer patients; evaluate the effectiveness of cancer prevention and treatment services; provide data for research into cancer.
Western Australian Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System

Australian Websites

ABS data access for health staff Courtesy of Epidemiology Branch - subscription enabling WA health system staff access ABS health and Census data via the online ABS TableBuilder tool for free until 30th June, 2021
AIR - Current Data - Immunise Australia Program
Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Australian Bureau of Statistics Topics @ a Glance - Health
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Children's Headline Indicators (AIHW) Interactive data portal are available for the 14 Children’s Headline Indicators. Please note: The interactive data portal requires Adobe Flash Player 11.1 or later and has minimum browser requirements. Data may take a couple of minutes to download.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) Information on the epidemiology of communicable diseases in Australia, including surveillance, adverse event reporting, prevention and control
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) A major study following the development of 10,000 children & families from all parts of Australia
National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children AIHW
National HPV Vaccination Program Register - Coverage Data
World Health Organization - Data and Statistics Information on a broad range of health determinants across the life course

International Websites

Health and Social Care Information Centre (UK)
HealthData.gov (US)
ICD-11 Online The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes.
National Center for Health Statistics (US)
NHS England - Statistics
NZ Health Statistics
OECD Health Statistics Covers population health, health care resources utilisation & expenditure, & non-medical determinants of health
World Health Organization - Data and Statistics

Search Tips for Finding Statistics in Databases

MEDLINE

Option 1: Search for your topic (eg. Diabetes), then also include these suggested subject headings:

Health Status Indicators	Prevalence
Health Surveys	Statistics as Topic
Incidence	Survival Analysis
Morbidity	Survival Rate
Mortality	Vital Statistics

If you are unsure of the kind of articles indexed with these subject headings, search for the subject term and look at their Scope Note(s).

Option 2: Subject headings will also be assigned subheadings. Subheadings allow you to find articles about a certain aspect of a subject heading. Search for your topic (e.g. Diabetes), then select the following subheadings if available:

epidemiology
mortality
statistics and numerical data

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Option 1: Search for your topic (eg. Diabetes), then also include these suggested subject headings:

Biostatistics	Mortality
Cancer statistics	Prevalence
Epidemiological data	Statistics
Health statistics	Statistics as topic
Incidence	Survival
Morbidity	Vital statistics

If you are unsure of the kind of articles indexed with these subject headings, search for the subject term and look at their Scope Note(s).

SPSS and SAS

HSS, Software Asset Management Unit (SAMU) coordinates a whole Health license purchase for SPSS and for SAS.
SAMU Intranet link on HealthPoint

Costs are charged back to the department for both SPSS and SAS. The cost depends on the number of modules purchased. There is an up-front license purchase cost and lower annual license renewals.

If you wish to be added to the group of SPSS licensed users, please complete an HFN-070 form and attach it when you log an IT Request.

There are also email distribution lists in the email Global Address Book that show who uses the licenses - see HSS, SPSS Application User Group, and Infohealth, SAS User Group.

The SAMU FAQ's page on the HealthPoint intranet has some answers to frequent questions.
i) Can I use Academic/Education SPSS licenses on work on computers and laptops in the WA health system?
and
j) How much does a SPSS license cost

Australian Institute of Health & Welfare Latest Publications

Latest reports and statistics

Aboriginal Health Statistics / Reports

AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health - OTITIS MEDIA A national strategic approach to ending chronic otitis media and its lifelong impacts in indigenous communities.
A promising future: WA Aboriginal health programs Subtitle: Review of performance with recommendations for consolidation and advance
WA Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Framework 2015-20230 This report identifies a set of guiding principles, strategic directions and priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in Western Australia for the next 15 years. (2015)

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Health Atlases of Australia include demographic and social indicators, as well as perinatal, immunisation and mortality data. Produced by the Public Health Information Development Unit
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Publications
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Australian Bureau of Statistics
AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research The AIATSIS Code outlines four principles that underpin ethical Australian Indigenous research; these are: Indigenous self-determination, Indigenous leadership, impact and value, and sustainability and accountability. Each principle frames a set of responsibilities for researchers, institutions and review bodies when conducting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research
AIHW Indigenous Australians Reports Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Children & youth reports - AIHW
Epidemiology Directorate (WA Health Department) Access to the Department of Health Intranet is required
Indigenous Health Check (MBS 715) Data Tool (AIHW) The tool currently reports health checks at Medicare Local level
Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Department of Social Services
Western Australian Aboriginal Child health survey

New Health-related Statistical Reports

Australia's children
Hospital resources 2017–18: Australian hospital statistics
Hospitals at a glance 2017–18(AIHW)
Kids Rehab WA Research July 2021- June 2023 Biennial Report Kids Rehab WA is a state-wide, integrated tertiary clinical, research, education and training unit at Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia. Kids Rehab WA offers inter-disciplinary services to children and adolescents in Western Australia with acquired or congenital neurological impairments.
OECD health-care quality indicators for Australia 2015

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