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Report of the NSW Chief Health Officer: Table of contents

Report of the NSW Chief Health Officer: Table of contents

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Preliminaries

	Foreword
	About this report
	Contributors
	How to use this report
	Map of health areas
	Abbreviations
	Copyright and disclaimer
	Contact information

Determinants of health

	NSW population
	Social determinants
	Environment
	Health-related behaviours

Burden of disease

Health inequalities

Aboriginal peoples

<<	Key points
	Introduction
	Aboriginal population
	Aboriginal population by Local Government Area
	Socioeconomic factors
	Government expenditure
	Life expectancy
	Deaths from all causes
	Causes of death
	Potentially avoidable and premature deaths
	Potentially avoidable deaths by type of cause
	Infant mortality
	Perinatal deaths and antenatal care
	Antenatal care by Health Area
	Prematurity and low birth weight
	Low birth weight by Health Area
	Hospitalisation
	Causes of hospitalisation
	Disability adjusted life years
	Ambulatory care sensitive conditions
	Ambulatory care sensitive conditions by Health Area
	Avoidable episodes of care
	Selected chronic conditions and health determinants
	Cardiovascular disease
	Diabetes
	Diabetes hospitalisations by Health Area
	Cancer incidence
	Acute respiratory infections in children
	Gastrointestinal infections in children
	Skin infections in children
	Injury and poisoning hospitalisations
	Injury and poisoning hospitalisations by Health Area
	Interpersonal violence hospitalisations
	Immunisation coverage by Health Area
	Oral health
	Pertussis in children
	Tympanoplasty and otitis media
	Risk alcohol drinking and smoking
	Smoking attributable hospitalisations
	Alcohol attributable hospitalisations
	Alcohol attributed hospitalisations by Health Area
	Alcohol attributable hospitalisations for injury
	Alcohol and other drugs treatment
	Environment: Blood lead levels in Broken Hill children
	Environment: Healthy Living Practices in Aboriginal houses
	Health-related behaviours: Opioid Treatment Program use by Aboriginality
	Rural and remote populations: Demography
	Rural and remote populations: Deaths by Aboriginality
	Rural and remote populations: Potentially avoidable deaths by Aboriginality
	Rural and remote populations: Low birth weight by Aboriginality
	Rural and remote populations: Premature babies by Aboriginality
	Rural and remote populations: Antenatal care by Aboriginality
	Communicable diseases: Influenza and pneumococcal immunisation

Country of birth

Refugee health

Rural and remote populations

Socioeconomic status

Health priority areas

	Cardiovascular disease
	Diabetes
	Cancer
	Respiratory disease
	Injury and poisoning
	Mental health
	Oral health
	Pregnancy and the newborn period
	Communicable diseases

Selected indicators by topic

	Men's health
	Women's health
	Older people's health
	Overweight and obesity
	Alcohol
	Smoking
	Illicit substances
	Ambulatory care sensitive conditions
	Potentially avoidable deaths
	Life expectancy
	Indicators by geographic areas
	Indicators for individual geographic areas
	Maps of indicators by local government area

Appendices

	Methods
	Disease and procedure codes used in this report
	Glossary
	List of local government areas by health area
	List of local government areas by Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+)

Copyright notice

This work is copyright NSW Department of Health, 2006. 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

Population Health Division. The health of the people of New South Wales - Report of the Chief Health Officer. Sydney: NSW Department of Health. Available at: www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/chorep/. Accessed (insert date of access).

Produced by

Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.

This page last updated on 20 October 2009

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