Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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This division covers the medical and health sciences.
This division has eighteen groups:

1101 Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics
1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
1103 Clinical Sciences
1104 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
1105 Dentistry
1106 Human Movement and Sports Science
1107 Immunology
1108 Medical Microbiology
1109 Neurosciences
1110 Nursing
1111 Nutrition and Dietetics
1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
1113 Ophthalmology and Optometry
1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
1116 Medical Physiology
1117 Public Health and Health Services
1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences

Exclusions:
a) Medical physics, biophysics unrelated to humans and accelerators and other equipment for the production of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine are included in Group 0299 Other Physical Sciences.
b) Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry is included in Group 0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry.
c) Biological sciences without application to human health and disease are included in the appropriate groups in Division 06 Biological Sciences.
d) Biological and life sciences associated with agricultural and veterinary studies are included in Division 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences.
e) Health informatics is included in Group 0807 Library and Information Studies.
f) Biomedical engineering is included in Group 0903 Biomedical Engineering.
g) Nutritional content and balance of foods is included in Group 0908 Food Sciences.
h) Medical biotechnology is included in Group 1004 Medical Biotechnology.
i) Nanomedicine is included in Group 1007 Nanotechnology.
j) Ergonomics is included in Group 1203 Design Practice and Management.
k) Health economics is included in Group 1402 Applied Economics.
l) Demography is included in Group 1603 Demography.
m) Health policy is included in Group 1605 Policy and Administration.
n) Psychology, including biological psychology and sport and exercise psychology, is included in Group 1701 Psychology.
o) Neurocognitive patterns and neural networks are included in Group 1702 Cognitive Sciences.
p) Music therapy is included in Group 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing.
q) Human and animal bioethics and medical ethics are included in Group 2201 Applied Ethics.
r) History and philosophy of medicine is included in Group 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields.