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Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018

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Release Date: 24 Nov 2021
Topic: Burden of disease
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 26 May 2022. doi:10.25816/5ps1-j259

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018. Canberra: AIHW.

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This report analyses the impact of 219 diseases and injuries in terms of living with illness (non-fatal burden) and premature death (fatal burden). The study found that:

  • chronic diseases such as cancer, musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular diseases, and mental & substance use disorders contributed the most burden in Australia in 2018
  • 38% of the burden could have been avoided or reduced, being due to modifiable risk factors such as tobacco use and overweight (including obesity).
  • ISSN: 2204-4108
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-839-1
  • DOI: Link to DOI: 10.25816/5ps1-j259
  • Cat. no: BOD 29
  • Pages: 228
Findings from this report:
  • Coronary heart disease, back pain, dementia, COPD, and lung cancer were the top 5 diseases causing burden in 2018

  • 5 million years of healthy life were lost in 2018

  • 13% reduction in total burden rates between 2003 and 2018

  • The lowest socioeconomic group experienced a burden rate that was 1.6 times that of the highest socioeconomic group

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