| Description |
viii, 31 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Measuring the health of Australians -- Ch. 3. Years of life lost due to mortality -- Ch. 4. Years of 'healthy' life lost due to disability -- Ch. 5. The burden of disease and injury in Australia in 1996 -- Ch. 6. National health priority areas -- Ch. 7. Socioeconomic inequalities -- Ch. 8. The burden attributable to risk factors -- Ch. 9. Conclusions |
| Summary |
This document summarises the main findings of the 'Burden of Disease and Injury in Australia', which provides a comprehensive assessment of the health status of Australians. The report measures mortality, disability, impairment, illness and injury arising from 176 diseases, injuries and risk factors using a common metric, the disability-adjusted life year or DALY, and methods developed by the Global Burden of Disease Study. Burden of disease analysis gives a unique perspective on health. Fatal and non-fatal outcomes are integrated, but can be examined separately as well. This summary document provides an overview of the leading causes and the distribution of the burden of disease in Australia, of the burden attributable to ten major risk factors and of inequalities in disease burden associated with socioeconomic disadvantage |
| Notes |
"AIHW cat. no. PHE 18"--t.p |
| Bibliography |
Bibliograpy: page 31 |
| Notes |
Also available on the Internet at: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/health/bdiasr/index.html |
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1999 |
| Subject |
Diseases -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Health status indicators -- Australia.
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Health surveys -- Australia.
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Medical statistics -- Australia.
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Medical economics -- Australia.
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Public health -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Medical care, Cost of -- Australia.
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Wounds and injuries -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Author |
Stevenson, Chris, 1953-
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Vos, Theo.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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| LC no. |
00002119 |
| ISBN |
1740240227 |
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