Summary
Reporting statistics about chronic disease in a concise and standardised way will enable researchers, policy makers, and health program managers to measure changes in patterns of chronic disease and its determinants (risk factors), monitor outcomes of interventions and
health programs, and assess needs for future health services for the population. To date, information about chronic disease (and determinants) has been problematic in terms of consistency and comparability.
This report describes the key indicators of progress for chronic disease and associated determinants (the Indicator set), and is a reference tool for anyone who wishes to measure and report the progress in the prevention of chronic disease in Australia.
This report pulls together and specifies the 42 indicators, out of the 400 that currently exist in Australia, each relating to chronic disease, an associated risk factor, or the health environment. For each of these indicators, technical information, such as what data sources
to use and recommended ways of reporting, is included.
Preliminary material: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbol
1. Introduction
- Structure of the report
- Background
- The development process
- Frequency of reporting
- Chronic disease indicators database
- Future directions
2. Overview of the Indicator set
3. Category 1 indicators
- Type 2 diabetes
- Psychological distress in adults
- Depression in adults
- Overweight and obesity in children
- Overweight and obesity in adults
- Daily smoking
- Low birthweight
- Life expectancy
- Gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
- Deaths from leading potentially preventable chronic diseases
- Potentially avoidable hospitalisations - summary
4. Category 2 indicators
- Incidence of key preventable cancers
- Incidence of prostate cancer
- Incidence of breast cancer
- Dementia
- Oral health
- Arthritis
- Incidence of severe osteoporosis
- Incidence of end-stage kidney disease
- Young people with depression
- High blood pressure
- High blood cholesterol
- People with diabetes who have a HbA1C level greater than 7%
- Waist circumference
- Smoking in pregnancy
- Smoking in young people
- Insufficient fruit consumption
- Insufficient vegetable consumption
- Breastfeeding
- Risky alcohol consumption
- Physical inactivity
- Deaths from leading chronic conditions
- Deaths from suicide
- Asthma action plan
- Potentially avoidable hospitalisations - detailed
- Severe or profound activity limitations
5. Contextual indicators
- C.1 Low income
- C.2 Health literacy
- C.3 Labour force status
- C.4 Health expenditure
6. Indicators for development
- Chronic disease risk index
- Health inequality index
End matter: References