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Health in Hunter New England |
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Burden of disease
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Health in Hunter New England |
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Burden of disease
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| Note: | Mean numbers of deaths per annum for each cause category are shown. Data are reported by year of death. |
| Source: | ABS mortality data (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health. |
Cardiovascular diseases accounted for the large majority of deaths in Hunter New England. These diseases were associated with 35% of male deaths and 42% of female deaths. Between 2001 and 2003, an average of 1,247 males and 1,345 females died each year. This was equivalent to one male and one female death approximately every seven hours.
The next most common cause of death was malignant neoplasms (cancers) accounting for almost 31% of all male deaths and 24% of all female deaths.
Conditions at birth (neonatal causes and congenital anomalies) accounted for just over 60% of deaths in early childhood (children aged less than five years of age).
Just under half (46%) of deaths among boys aged 5 to 14 years and 37% of deaths among girls in the same age group were attributed to external causes of death (unintentional injuries).
Among young people aged 15 to 24 years, the proportion of unintentional injuries increased substantially from the 5 to 14 years age group to account for 51% of all deaths among young men and 33 % among young women. Intentional injuries accounted for 22% of all deaths to young men and 10% of deaths to young women.
Both unintentional and intentional injuries (52%) were the most common causes of death followed by cardiovascular diseases (16%) and neoplasms (10%) among men aged 25 to 44 years. Although the same causes prevailed among women of the same age group, the proportions were, however, very different with relatively little difference between malignant neoplasm (33%) and all injuries (30%), and cardiovascular diseases at 13%.
In the 45 to 64 years age group, malignant neoplasms were the leading cause of death in both sexes, accounting for 52% of all deaths in women and 40% of all deaths in men.
In the group aged 65 years and over, deaths due to cardiovascular disease dominated and were responsible for 39% of all deaths among men and 47% of all deaths among women.
| For more information: |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health 2002. Canberra: AIHW, 2002. Available at http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/ah02/index.html |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics Web site at http://www.abs.gov.au. | |
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| Rider: | The information presented in this report result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused datasets. These datasets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this report. As this report is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all datasets to Hunter New England Population Health. |
| Copyright notice: | This work is copyright Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2005. It may be reproduced in whole or in part, subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. Commercial usage or sale is prohibited. |
| Suggested citation: | Hunter New England Population Health. Health in Hunter New England. Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2005. Available at: http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HHNE/bod/bod_dthcsa.htm. Accessed (insert date of access). |
| Produced by: | Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health. |
| Last updated: | 6 December 2005 |
| See NSW Data: | To view state data, see NSW Chief Health Officer's Report: internet version, intranet version |
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