CRS medical reasons

Data tables

The following data tables are for approved individuals – broken down by medical treatment subcategory and the medical reasons for treatment.

Count of individuals approved

Table 1: Count of individuals approved for dental treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury	80	150	155	210	295	470	675	590
Acute or chronic mental illness	90	110	110	140	195	270	520	490
Acute or chronic pain	3,300	5,330	5,275	7,670	13,060	21,045	31,680	32,510

Table 2: Count of individuals approved for IVF treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	40
Acute or chronic mental illness	2,025	2,460	2,570	2,735	2,770	3,450	3,800	3,650
Acute or chronic pain	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	100

Table 3: Count of individuals approved for weight-loss treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury	10,905	11,110	10,230	11,130	11,760	11,465	10,670	7,490
Acute or chronic mental illness	305	320	235	215	215	175	180	120
Acute or chronic pain	1,305	2,055	2,075	2,280	2,425	2,390	2,405	1,960

Table 4: Count of individuals approved for other medical treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury	665	675	655	785	755	880	1,045	1,030
Acute or chronic mental illness	795	920	590	685	945	1,290	2,565	3,580
Acute or chronic pain	3,020	3,670	3,580	4,310	5,090	6,105	7,335	7,480

In these tables, we rounded data to the nearest 5.

Data doesn't include individuals who applied for medical transport.

The total number of individuals in these tables may differ from other tables due to individuals having applications for multiple medical reasons.

Amounts approved by medical reasons

The following data tables capture information about the total amounts approved for release under medical treatment per financial year broken down by medical reasons.

Table 5: Total amounts approved for dental treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury ($m)	1.6	2.5	2.3	3.2	4.8	7.5	13.1	11.4
Acute or chronic mental illness ($m)	1.4	1.5	1.6	2.0	3.5	4.8	10.2	11.0
Acute or chronic pain ($m)	63.1	107.4	104.0	165.7	304.9	513.0	793.4	869.2

Table 6: Total amounts approved for IVF treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury ($m)	<0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	<0.1	0.0	<0.1	0.7
Acute or chronic mental illness ($m)	34.9	39.5	41.8	45.1	47.6	63.8	73.7	74.0
Acute or chronic pain ($m)	<0.1	0.1	<0.1	<0.1	0.0	0.1	<0.1	1.6

Table 7: Total amounts approved for weight loss treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury ($m)	177.8	187.4	175.6	188.1	200.2	200.8	201.4	149.4
Acute or chronic mental illness ($m)	5.3	5.5	4.1	4.0	3.6	2.9	3.5	2.5
Acute or chronic pain ($m)	22.3	38.6	39.3	41.3	44.4	46.1	49.0	44.3

Table 8: Total amounts approved for other treatment by medical reason
Financial year	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Life-threatening illness or injury ($m)	10.5	10.8	9.8	10.4	11.5	13.1	16.5	17.9
Acute or chronic mental illness ($m)	15.4	18.2	10.7	13.5	21.3	33.4	66.3	87.9
Acute or chronic pain ($m)	44.4	54.7	53.4	66.5	83.7	107.2	131.5	140.8

In these tables:

we rounded amounts approved data to the nearest $100,000
data doesn't include individuals who applied for medical transport.