Publication list

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease (summary booklet): further perspectives on health status and treatment

Cardiovascular disease series no. 26

This summary presents the key points detailed in 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment'. That report builds on existing information on disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians in the health status and treatment of coronary heart disease. New information on the incidence of major coronary events, case fatality, use of coronary procedures in hospital and case complexity in hospital has built a more complete picture of the coronary heart disease burden among Indigenous Australians. This summary will be of interest to those policy makers and health professionals who prefer an overview of the main points, as well as to the broader community.

Authored by Mathur S, Moon L & Leigh S.

Published 27 September 2006; ISSN 1323-9236; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 605 7; AIHW cat. no. CVD 34; 12pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment

Cardiovascular disease series no. 25

'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment' builds on existing information on disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians in the health status and treatment of coronary heart disease. It is the first study of this scale to analyse data on Indigenous Australians in four key areas: incidence of major coronary events ; case fatality from major coronary events ; use of coronary procedures in hospital ; case complexity in hospital. This new information enables us to build a more complete picture of the coronary heart disease burden among Indigenous Australians, and also furthers our knowledge of disparities in treatment of coronary heart disease in relation to need. This report will be of interest to policy makers, health professionals and researchers in the field, as well as to the broader community.

Authored by Mathur S, Moon L & Leigh S.

Published 27 September 2006; ISSN 1323-9236; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 607 1; AIHW cat. no. CVD 33; 56pp.; $30.00

Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease in Australia

AIHW bulletin no. 37

It has been well established in Australia that people who are socioeconomically disadvantaged experience higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality than other Australians. Further, there is evidence that the differential has widened, with relative CVD mortality inequality between Australians from the most disadvantaged areas and those from the least disadvantaged areas being higher in recent years than it was in the mid-1980s. A similar trend of widening socioeconomic inequalities in CVD mortality has also been observed in other OECD countries. This bulletin examines inequalities in CVD mortality over the 10-year period from 1992 to 2002 and hospitalisations over the period 1996-97 to 2003-04 for people aged 25-74 years to try to answer key questions in relation to mortality and significant morbidity requiring hospitalisation.

Authored by Moon L & Waters AM.

Published 2 August 2006; ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 567 8; AIHW cat. no. AUS 74; 36pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Australia's young people 1999: Their health and wellbeing

Australia's Young People: Their Health and Wellbeing 1999 is the first national report on the health status of young people aged 12-24 years in Australia. It provides comprehensive information from currently available data sources, and is the second in a series of reports on child and youth health. This report includes information on important diseases and injuries, major risk factors and wider determinants of health. Separate sections are presented on the health status of particular priority groups: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth, young people living in rural and remote locations, young people born overseas and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. This report will be relevant to anyone interested in youth health, including health planners and administrators, community and hospital practitioners, academic researchers, and the general public.

Authored by Moon L, Meyer P & Grau J.

Published 10 January 2000; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 028 4; AIHW cat. no. PHE 19; 278pp.; $37.50

Australia's children 1998: Their health and wellbeing

This report includes information on important diseases and injuries, major risk factors and wider determinants of health and wellbeing. Separate sections are presented on the health status of particular priority groups (Indigenous children, children living in rural and remote locations, overseas-born children, and children from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups). International comparisons are included.

Authored by Moon L, Rahman N & Bhatia K.

Published 14 January 1999; ISBN-13 978 0 642 24789 6; AIHW cat. no. PHE 7; 304pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Waiting for elective surgery in Australian public hospitals, 1995

Health services series no. 7

Presents the findings of the second survey on waiting lists. It provides information and analysis on waiting lists in public hospitals by State and Territory for each surgical speciality. Specific issues examined in this report include access to services based on clinical need, and equity of access to services.

Authored by Moon L.

Published 1 August 1996; ISSN 1036 613X; ISBN-13 978 0 642 24701 8; AIHW cat. no. AIHW 404; AusInfo cat. no. AGPS 95 0243 7; 55pp.; OUT OF PRINT