Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018
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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 06 November 2024. 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. doi:10.25816/5ps1-j259
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018. AIHW, 2021. doi:10.25816/5ps1-j259
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2021. 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, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/5ps1-j259
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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: 10.25816/5ps1-j259
- Cat. no: BOD 29
- Pages: 228
Findings from this report:
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5 million years of healthy life were lost in 2018
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13% reduction in total burden rates between 2003 and 2018
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Australians suffered more burden from living with illness (52% of total burden) than from premature death (48%)
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Cancers were the group of diseases causing the most burden in 2018