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Deaths and illness attributable to alcohol

Hunter New England Area - Alcohol attributed deaths, by sex 1993 to 2005: Hospital separations, by sex, 1993/94 to 2005/06
      1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Number Males Deaths 146 152 171 176 165 152 174 164 162 165 133 148 149
  Females   57 46 57 59 50 53 44 56 56 58 59 51 58
  Persons   203 198 228 235 216 205 218 220 219 223 192 199 207
  Males Separations 2483 2368 2456 2542 2716 2489 2374 2531 2670 2663 2734 2910 3122
  Females   1019 1060 1240 1184 1310 1238 1185 1359 1505 1502 1577 1566 1747
  Persons   3501 3428 3696 3726 4026 3727 3559 3891 4175 4165 4312 4475 4869
Rate Males Deaths 42.0 42.8 46.8 47.4 44.0 40.0 45.1 41.9 39.6 40.1 31.8 34.7 33.9
per 100,000 Females   14.6 11.2 13.7 13.9 11.7 11.8 9.8 12.0 11.9 12.3 11.9 9.9 11.4
  Persons   27.3 25.8 29.2 29.8 27.0 25.4 26.2 26.1 25.4 25.7 21.3 21.7 22.0
  Males Separations 673.8 638.9 660.8 674.7 714.7 648.4 612.5 643.9 667.8 655.1 662.9 702.9 750.7
  Females   264.3 273.0 320.5 300.2 328.3 304.1 283.2 326.0 350.9 348.9 361.0 354.9 390.4
  Persons   466.0 452.6 486.8 484.6 518.4 472.3 444.0 480.4 505.3 497.3 507.9 524.2 565.4

Excludes conditions where low to moderate alcohol consumption has an apparent overall protective effect. Deaths and hospital separations attributable to alcohol were calculated using age- and sex-specific aetiologic fractions from AIHW, 2001. Deaths were classified using ICD-9 up to 1998 and ICD-10 from 1999 onwards. Hospital separations were classified using ICD-9-CM up to 1997-98 and ICD-10-AM from 1998-99 onwards. Rates were age-adjusted using the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. Deaths are for calendar years. Separations are for financial years. Numbers of deaths for 2002 include an estimate of the small numbers of deaths that were registered in 2003, data for which were unavailable at the time of production. Hospitalisations include an estimate of the small number of interstate hospitalisations, data for which were unavailable at the time of production.
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Suggested citation: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, - Hunter New England Health e-resource. Hunter New England Health, NSW , 2007 Available at: http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HNEPH/HHNE/beh/beh_alcaf4.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
Produced by: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 10 December 2007
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