Prevalence and hospitalisations Maps by PHA, PHNs and LGAs 2021 (PHIDU)

This is a great resource if you required detailed breakdown within your state or territory to support grant applications or relevant government submissions.
You can choose for the data to be broken down by Local Government Areas (LGAs), Population Health Areas (PHAs) or Public Health Networks (PHNs).

Note that previously PHIDU modelled data from the National Health Survey (NHS), currently prevalence is only available based on the Census 2021 data. AIHW and ABS recommend to rely on NHS prevalence data rather than Census when available.

How to access the data:
– go to https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/social-health-atlases/maps
– Select the breakdown you would like (PHA, PHN, LGA)
– Once the map is opened, click ‘select data’ on the left and select the indicator of interest, e.g.:

Long-term conditions (Census), by conditions (several age groups available) => select asthma in drop-down menu

Admissions by principle diagnosis 2020/21 (male, female or persons) => select asthma

Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations by Chronic Conditions 2020/21 => select asthma

Make sure you include the type of map (PHN, LGA etc), indicator (e.g. asthma prevalence Census 2021) and date in your reference!

E.g. Hospitalisations for asthma as principal diagnosis in 2020/21, at PHN level: https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/current/maps/sha-aust/phn_pha_single_map/atlas.html 

Previous releases of the PHIDU including NHS 2017/2018 prevalence data (2021 release) can also be accessed at: https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/social-health-atlases/data-archive/data-archive-social-health-atlases-of-australia