Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia 2006

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Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material (220KB PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Summary
  • Snapshot of chronic diseases
• Sections
  1. Introduction (274KB PDF)
     • About this report
     • Introducing chronic diseases
     • Limitations of the data
  2. The life course of chronic diseases
     • Introduction
     • Prevalence of chronic diseases across the life course
     • Hospitalisations for major chronic diseases across the life course
     • Mortality from chronic diseases across the life course
  3. Risk factors across the life course (421KB PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Early life factors
     • Risk factors in children and adolescents
     • Risk factors in adults
     • Multiple risk factors
  4. Chronic diseases and health system resources (223KB PDF)
     • Introduction
     • General practitioner services
     • Hospital services
     • Other health services for people with chronic diseases
     • Health system expenditure on chronic diseases
  5. Chronic diseases and risk factors: regional, socioeconomic and Indigenous population groups (277KB PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Regional variations in chronic diseases and risk factors
     • Socioeconomic variation in chronic diseases and risk factors
     • Chronic diseases and risk factors among Indigenous Australians
• End matter (220KB PDF)
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: Methods
    • Appendix 2: Data sources
    • Appendix 3: Australian alcohol guidelines
  • Glossary
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures