| Indicator Id: |
133
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| Description: | Deaths occurring after acute CHD events ("heart attacks") |
| Indicator Source: |
National Health Performance Committee (NHPC)
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| Data Available: | Yes |
| Data Source(s): |
Hospital morbidity database (AIHW)
National Mortality Database
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| Where Reported: | AIHW: Indicators for chronic diseases and their determinants 2008; AIHW & NHPC: National Report on Health Sector Performance Indicators 2003; AIHW: Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia 2001 |
| Data Issues: | No data |
| Numerator: | Deaths of people aged 40-90 years, due to CHD |
| Denominator: | All incident cases of acute CHD events (including both the number of nonfatal hospital separations due to acute CHD and the number of deaths) |
| Suggested Reporting Categories: | No data |
| AIHW Comments: | The data reported for this indicator are an approximation. The denominator should include the number of non-fatal events which do not result in hospitalisation. [clearer definition may be "Proportion of acute CHD events resulting in death"] |
| Link to NHA indicator specifications: |
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| Link(s): |
AIHW & NHPC: National Report on Health Sector Performance Indicators 2003 publication
AIHW: Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia 2001 (publication)
AIHW: Indicators for chronic diseases and their determinants 200
AIHW: Australia's Health 2008
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