Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015
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Topic: Burden of disease
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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, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 11 December 2023. doi:10.25816/5ebca2a4fa7dc
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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. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. AIHW, 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. Canberra: AIHW; 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, 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:
- chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and musculoskeletal conditions contributed the most burden in Australia in 2015
- 38% of the burden could have been prevented by removing exposure to risk factors such as tobacco use, overweight and obesity, and dietary risks.
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.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-546-8 (PDF) 978-1-76054-547-5 (PRINT)
- DOI: 10.25816/5ebca2a4fa7dc
- Cat. no: BOD 22
- Pages: 220
Findings from this report:
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4.8 million years of healthy life lost in 2015, equivalent to 199 DALY per 1,000 people
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Cancer and cardiovascular diseases were the 2 most burdensome disease groups in 2015
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38% of the burden of disease was preventable, being due to the modifiable risk factors included in this study
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11% reduction in total burden between 2003 and 2015