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Sometimes you will need to use statistics or data to help answer your assignment question. Below are links to authoritative sources of Australian and global health data and statistics.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Australia's official national statistical agency, the ABS provides official statistics on a range of economic, social, population, and environmental topics.
Australian Data Archive (ADA)
A national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data, including health studies, social attitudes surveys, and longitudinal studies.
Australian Government Department of Health
Australian national health information, policies, and programs.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Informs best practice and policy for those working in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Australia's national agency for health and welfare information and statistics. Useful for authoritative publications on health and welfare issues affecting Australia.
Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU)
Created by Torrens University, PHIDU provides free online access to a comprehensive range of current (and some historical) data at national, jurisdictional, regional, and small-area levels for Australia.

The Global Health Observatory
Provided by the World Health Organization, includes statistics by theme or country, indicators, and compilations of statistics in the publications section.
OECD health statistics
Datasets for a range of health statistics for populations around the world including health status, non-medical determinants of health, health resources, and health expenditure.
World Health Statistics
Annual reports provided by the World Health Organization.
World Bank - Health
Data covering health systems, disease prevention, reproductive health, nutrition, and population dynamics from the U.N. Population Division, WHO, UNCF, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and others.

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