For Hunter New England respondents to the NSW Health Survey, males (18.8%) and females (16.6%) were similarly likely to report having been told by a doctor that they had high cholesterol. High cholesterol is a well established risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease.
Around one third of respondents had never had their cholesterol levels tested (30.8% of males, 36.9% of females).
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For more information:
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Heart, stroke and vascular diseases. Australian facts, 1999.AIHW Cat. No. CVD7. Canberra: AIHW and the Heart Foundation of Australia, 1999.
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| | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health, 2000: the seventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Canberra: AIHW, 2000.
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| | Britt H, Miller G, Charles J, Knox S et al. General practice activity in Australia 1999-2000. Canberra: AIHW, 2000.
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| | Mathers C, Vos T, Stevenson C. The burden of disease and injury in Australia. Canberra: AIHW, 1999.
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| | National Health and Medical Research Council. Guidelines for preventive interventions in primary health care. Cardiovascular disease and cancer. Canberra: NHMRC, 1997.
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| | Public Health Division, NSW Department of Health. Health of the people of New South Wales. Report of the Chief Health Officer, 2000. Sydney: NSW Department of Health, 2000a
(available at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/index.htm).
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| | Public Health Division, NSW Department of Health. Healthy people 2005 - New directions for Public Health in NSW. Sydney: NSW Department of Health, 2000b.
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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.
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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/cvd/cvd_chol.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
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Hunter New England Health, with assistance from:
Centre for Epidemiology and Research,
NSW Health.
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Last updated:
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To view state data, see NSW Chief Health Officer's Report:
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