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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. Cat. no. BOD 22. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. AIHW, 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report analyses the impact of more than 200 diseases and injuries in terms of living with illness (non-fatal burden) and premature death (fatal burden). The study found that:
Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015—Summary is a companion to this report. There are also two interactive data sets to explore: disease burden and risk factor burden.
Remote and very remote areas experienced burden 1.4 times higher than Major cities
Cancer and cardiovascular diseases were the 2 most burdensome disease groups in 2015
11% reduction in total burden between 2003 and 2015
Australians suffered more burden from living with illness (50.4% of total burden) than from premature death (49.6%)
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