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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

<<	Key points
	Introduction
	Deaths with projections
	Leading causes of injury deaths
	Deaths by Health Area
	Hospitalisations with projections
	Leading causes of injury hospitalisations
	Hospitalisations by Health Area
	Alcohol attributed injury deaths
	Alcohol attributed injury hospitalisations
	Motor vehicle crash deaths
	Motor vehicle crash injury hospitalisations
	Motor vehicle crash deaths by road user type
	Motor vehicle crash injury hospitalisations by road user type
	Fall-related deaths
	Fall-related injury hospitalisations
	Fall-related injury hospitalisations and persons hospitalised
	Fall-related injury hospitalisations by Health Area
	Fall-related injury hospitalisations by Local Government Area
	Drowning
	Near-drowning hospitalisations
	Unintentional poisoning hospitalisations
	Interpersonal violence-related deaths
	Interpersonal violence-related hospitalisations
	Interpersonal violence-related hospitalisations in children by Health Area
	Burn and scald injury hospitalisations
	Sports and leisure injury hospitalisations
	Workplace injury hospitalisations
	Aboriginal peoples: Disability adjusted life years
	Aboriginal peoples: Injury and poisoning hospitalisations
	Aboriginal peoples: Interpersonal violence hospitalisations
	Country of birth: Injury
	Rural and remote populations: Injury deaths
	Mental health: Suicides
	Mental health: Intentional self-harm

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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