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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
	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

<<	Burden of disease: Potentially avoidable deaths with projections
	Burden of disease: Causes of potentially avoidable death
	Burden of disease: Preventable causes of potentially avoidable death by category of cause
	Burden of disease: Health care amenable causes of potentially avoidable death by category of cause
	Burden of disease: Causes of potentially avoidable death in Health Area
	Burden of disease: Potentially avoidable deaths by Health Area
	Burden of disease: Potentially avoidable deaths from preventable causes by Health Area
	Burden of disease: Potentially avoidable deaths from causes amenable to health care by Health Area
	Burden of disease: Potentially avoidable deaths in Health Area
	Burden of disease: Potentially avoidable deaths by Local Government Area
	Burden of disease: Deaths potentially avoidable by primary prevention by Local Government Area
	Burden of disease: Deaths potentially avoidable by health care interventions by Local Government Area
	Aboriginal peoples: Potentially avoidable and premature deaths
	Aboriginal peoples: Potentially avoidable deaths by type of cause
	Rural and remote populations: Potentially avoidable and unavoidable deaths
	Rural and remote populations: Potentially avoidable deaths by Aboriginality
	Socioeconomic status: Potentially avoidable deaths
	Socioeconomic status: Deaths potentially avoidable by primary prevention
	Socioeconomic status: Deaths potentially avoidable by health care interventions

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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