The WHO MONICA Study, Australia, 1984-1993 (AIHW)

released: 8 Dec 2000 author: McElduff P, Dobson A, Jamrozik K & Hobbs M media release

The WHO MONICA Study, Australia, 1984-1993 provides a detailed statistical analysis of the information collected by the two Australian centres that participated in the World Health Organisation's multinational study, designed to study trends in cardiovascular disease and its causes.The report documents rates and trends of coronary events, data on the use of medical treatment before, during and after hospitalisation including information on drug treatments, and population levels of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

ISSN 1323-9236; ISBN 978 1 74024 078 9; Cat. no. CVD 11; 99pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Preliminary material (63K PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Summary
Sections
1. Introduction (22K PDF)
  - The WHO MONICA Project
  - Aim of this report
2. Methodology (53K PDF)
  - Data collection
  - Age standardisation
  - Trends in rates of events
  - Trends in levels of medical treatment and trends in levels of risk factors
  - Definition of previous AMI
3. Fatal and non-fatal events (68K PDF)
  - Fatal events
  - Non-fatal events
4. Case fatality and medical care (96K PDF)
  - Case fatality
  - Medical care
5. Risk factors (52K PDF)
  - Risk factor surveys
  - Methods of measuring risk factors
  - Trends in levels of risk factors in Newcastle and Perth
  - Trends in use of medications in Newcastle
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McElduff P, Dobson A, Jamrozik K & Hobbs M 2000. The WHO MONICA Study, Australia, 1984-1993. Cardiovascular Disease Series no 13. Cat. no. CVD 11. Canberra: AIHW.

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