Population Health and Strategic Direction

Download Health Matters in Western Sydney: A brief epidemiologic profile.

Cultural and linguistic diversity are major strengths in Western Sydney communities but also pose challenges to service provision. High levels of socioeconomic disadvantage and adverse lifestyle risk factors contribute to excess mortality and morbidity. This is also reflected in the fact that local residents tend to make relatively greater use of public hospital services than age matched groups in other Areas. The shift in the pattern of health and illness consequent on improvements in life expectancy beyond 80 years is an added challenge. We must add a concern with disability prevention and management to our focus on disease control.

1.    Table of contents
2.    Executive summary  
3.    The report        
4.    The local population
5.    Health and health status
6.    Health risk
7.    Determinants of health status
        1.    Social and economic environment: the roots of inequality 
        2.    The physical environment  
        3.    Intermediate factors
8.    Tobacco   
9.    Overweight and Obesity
10.   Physical Activity
12.   Nutrition
13.   Mortality and morbidity: major issues
14.   The demographic challenge: 
15.   Mortality and morbidity: health priority areas 
16.   Cancer
17.   Vascular mortality
18.   Vascular morbidity
19.   Diabetes 
20.   Respiratory system disease 
21.   Injury and poisoning 
22.   Mental health disorders 
23.   Hospital utilisation overview
24.   References 
25.   APPENDIX: Hospital separations by Service Related Group (SRG)