| Description |
xiii, 91 pages : illustrations, map ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Rural health series, 1448-9775 ; no. 7 |
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Rural health series (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) ; no. 7
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Statistical methods 2 -- Indirect age standardisation 2 -- Reporting for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people 3 -- Issues pertaining to cause of death coding 4 -- G eographic classification 6 -- Notes on data presentation -- Summary 9 -- Overview 9 -- Regional differences in the rate of decline for the most influential causes of death 9 -- Detailed specific causes summary, 10 -- Neo plasms 10 -- Diseases of the circulatory system 11 -- Diseases of the respiratory system 11 -- Injury and poisoning 12 -- Other causes 13 -- Overall mortality trends 14 -- Interpretation of overall mortality trends 14 -- ontrbution of major cause groups to the overall decline in mortality 17 -- Neoplasms 25 -- All neoplasms 25 -- Lung cancer 27 -- C olorectal cancer 29 -- Breast cancer สบ 31 -- Cervical cancer 33 -- Prostate cancer 35 -- Melanom a 37 -- "Other' neoplasms 39 -- Circulatory diseases 41 -- All circulatory diseases 1 -- Cerebrovascular disease 43 -- Coronary heart disease 45 -- Other circulatory diseases 47 -- Respiratory diseases 49 -- All respiratory diseases 49 -- Pneum onia and influenza 51 -- Asthma 53 -- Chronic obstructive pulm onary disease 55 -- "Other' respiratory diseases 57 -- Injury and 1 poisoning 59 -- linury and poisoning 59 -- Suicide 6 1 -- Interpersonal violence 63 -- Motor vehicle traffic accidents 65 -- "Other' land transport accidents 67 -- 'Other' injuries and poisoning 69 -- Other causes 71 -- All other causes 71 -- Diabetes 73 -- Renal failure 75 -- All other causes not elsewhere described 77 |
| Summary |
This report compares changes in mortality in Australia's major cities, regional and remote areas in the period 1992-2003. Trends for Australia's broad geographic regions are compared for a range of specific causes of death including coronary heart disease, lung cancer, cervical cancer, asthma, suicide, motor vehicle traffic accidents, diabetes and many others |
| Analysis |
Key item |
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Mortality rate |
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Regional centres |
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Remote areas |
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Rural populations |
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Sex differences |
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Statistics |
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Trends to 2005 |
| Notes |
"Dept. of Health and Ageing"--Cover |
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"March 2006" |
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AIHW cat. no. PHE 71 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Notes |
Also available in an electronic version on the Internet. Address as of 16/06/06: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/phe/rrrh-mt92-03/rrrh-mt92-03.pdf |
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2006 |
| Subject |
Health status indicators -- Australia.
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Mortality -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Rural health -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Rural Health -- statistics & numerical data.
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Health Status Indicators.
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Mortality -- trends.
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Quality Indicators, Health Care -- statistics & numerical data.
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Regional Health Planning -- statistics & numerical data.
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Rural Health Services -- statistics & numerical data.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Statistics, Vital.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003692
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Author |
Australia. Department of Health and Ageing.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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| LC no. |
2006462132 |
| ISSN |
1448-9775 |
| ISBN |
1740245512 |
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