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Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015—Summary

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Release Date: 13 Jun 2019
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015—Summary. Cat. no. BOD 21. Canberra: AIHW.

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This summary report presents key findings from the Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. It provides estimates of the burden due to 216 diseases and injuries in Australia and the contribution of various modifiable risk factors to this burden. A new analysis of the change in burden of disease between 2003 and 2015 is also presented. 

This is a companion report to Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. There are also two interactive data sets to explore: disease burden and risk factor burden.

 

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-528-4 (PDF) 978-1-76054-529-1 (PRINT)
  • Cat. no: BOD 21
  • Pages: 24
Findings from this report:
  • 11% reduction in total burden between 2003 and 2015

  • The lowest socioeconomic group had a burden rate that was 1.5 times as high as that in the highest socioeconomic group

  • Coronary heart disease, back pain, COPD, dementia and lung cancer were the top 5 diseases causing burden in 2015

  • 38% of the burden of disease was preventable, being due to modifiable risk factors included in this study

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