Abstract
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the central statistical authority in Australia. This paper firstly presents a general overview of the ABS's responsibilities, structure, and activities. It then discusses the role of the ABS in the health arena in which there are several other agencies with statistical responsibilities; it describes the collections which the ABS currently undertakes to provide statistics on health status, risk factors, and health services; and, finally, outlines a range of new initiatives in health statistics which the ABS plans to implement over the next few years.
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