❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice and response detailing tobacco-attributable hospitalisations and bed days across WA, Metro, Regional, and Indigenous populations from 2017-18 to 2024-25.
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For each financial year 2017-18; 2018-19; 2019-20; 2020-21; 2021-22; 2022-23; 2023-24 and 2024-25, what were the number of tobacco-attributable hospitalisations; bed days; costs and inflation-adjusted costs for: (a) All of Western Australia; (b) Metropolitan Western Australia; (c) Regional Western Australia; and (d) Indigenous Western Australians?
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Answered
16 December 2025
Responded by
Minister for Health; Mental Health
Response time
9 days
(a)
Area
Financial year
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
All of WA Hospitalisations
(count)
12,665
13,087
12,097
11,786
11,508
12,190
12,664
12,924
All of WA
Bed days (days)
60,592
63,540
57,696
55,873
56,437
61,183
63,361
64,997
(b)
Area
Financial year
2017-
18
2018-
19
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
2022-
23
2023-
24
2024-25
Metro
Hospitalisations (count)
9,447
9,573
8,881
8,587
8,422
8,813
9,183
9,175
Metro Bed days (days)
45,660
47,038
43,269
40,725
41,350
44,546
45,908
45,539
(c)
Area
Financial year
2017-
18
2018-
19
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
2022-
23
2023-24
2024-25
Regional WA Hospitalisations
(count)
3,202
3,489
3,191
3,181
3,068
3,347
3,445
3,451
Regional WA
Hospitalisations Bed days (days)
14,846
16,337
14,298
15,075
14,987
16,440
17,204
17,966
(d)
Population
Financial year
2017-
18
2018-
19
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
2022-
23
2023-24
2024-25
Indigenous Western Australian Hospitalisations
(count)
2,139
2,360
2,283
2,289
2,229
2,477
2,533
2,725
Indigenous Western Australian Bed
days (days)
9,290
11,346
9,749
10,877
10,294
12,336
12,533
13,652
Area
Financial year
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
All of WA Hospitalisations
(count)
12,665
13,087
12,097
11,786
11,508
12,190
12,664
12,924
All of WA
Bed days (days)
60,592
63,540
57,696
55,873
56,437
61,183
63,361
64,997
(b)
Area
Financial year
2017-
18
2018-
19
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
2022-
23
2023-
24
2024-25
Metro
Hospitalisations (count)
9,447
9,573
8,881
8,587
8,422
8,813
9,183
9,175
Metro Bed days (days)
45,660
47,038
43,269
40,725
41,350
44,546
45,908
45,539
(c)
Area
Financial year
2017-
18
2018-
19
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
2022-
23
2023-24
2024-25
Regional WA Hospitalisations
(count)
3,202
3,489
3,191
3,181
3,068
3,347
3,445
3,451
Regional WA
Hospitalisations Bed days (days)
14,846
16,337
14,298
15,075
14,987
16,440
17,204
17,966
(d)
Population
Financial year
2017-
18
2018-
19
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
2022-
23
2023-24
2024-25
Indigenous Western Australian Hospitalisations
(count)
2,139
2,360
2,283
2,289
2,229
2,477
2,533
2,725
Indigenous Western Australian Bed
days (days)
9,290
11,346
9,749
10,877
10,294
12,336
12,533
13,652
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