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Health in Hunter New England

Table of contents
Chapter introduction
On this page:
Data table
Commentary
References
Print version
Downloadable files

Burden of disease
Introduction


In this chapter

Introduction

This chapter examines the major causes of death and hospitalisation in the Hunter.

More information on the methods used for calculating life expectancy and age-adjusted death and hospitalisation rates can be found in the methods section. The ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes used for each indicator are included in disease and procedure codes appendix.


For more information: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Web site at http://www.aihw.gov.au.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Burden of Disease Web site at http://www.aihw.gov.au/bod

Victorian Department of Human Services Burden of Disease Web site at http://http://hn01.dhs.vic.gov.au/bodw/.

Harvard University Global Burden of Disease Unit at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/organizations/bdu/.

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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_intro.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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