Chief Health Officer Report

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• Index: The Health of Queenslanders 2010
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Indicators of progress
• Chapter 2: A profile of Queensland's population
• Chapter 3: Wellness and illness
• Chapter 4: Health outcomes
• Chapter 5: Risk and protective factors
• Chapter 6: Progress and challenges
• Key documents to guide actions
• A note on terminology and data
• Definitions and abbreviations
• Methodology and data sources
• References
• Errata
• 2008 Report of the Chief Health Officer
• 2006 Report of the Chief Health Officer

Chief Health Officer Reports

The Health of Queenslanders is a report from the Chief Health Officer to inform Queenslanders about the health status of the population, as described in the Queensland Health Action Plan 2005. This report is published every two years and commenced in 2006. The Queensland Government is committed to informing Queenslanders about the performance of the health system through regular reporting on the health status and burden of disease of the state's population.

With the goal to continue to improve health outcomes, information from these reports will inform and guide Queensland Health and other key stakeholders around service planning. In addition, these reports will be an essential source of reference within Queensland Health for those needing quick access to health data to inform planning or to answer media or public enquiries.

These reports are intended for a wide variety of users, including population health practitioners, planners, policy analysts, researchers, students and the general public.

The Health of Queenslanders 2010: Third report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland

The third report of the Chief Health Officer of Queensland details the state's most widespread diseases and injuries and their impact on the health system, the community and the individual.

It also:

• analyses the increasing incidence of conditions such as diabetes and obesity
• describes the relationship between risk behaviours and health outcomes and illustrates ways of preventing some of the more common conditions
• reports on progress to make Queenslanders Australia's healthiest people through the Queensland Government Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland strategy
• identifies how health inequalities are changing in Queensland
• considers current and future impacts on the health system and includes broad discussion on ways to address these challenges.

The index page describes and links to each individual chapter within the 2010 report including errata for the printed report. Alternatively a summary of each chapter is available from the left hand side menu.

Download the full report The Health of Queenslanders 2010 (PDF, 9.5MB)

The accompanying Simple Steps to Better Health poster and brochure contain advice for the general public from the Chief Health Officer on healthy eating, physical activity, sun safety, blood and cholesterol level checks by a doctor, cancer screening, alcohol consumption and smoking.

   

For further information:

Director Population Epidemiology Unit
Preventative Health Directorate
Division of the Chief Health Officer
Queensland Health
Email: Population_Epidemiology@health.qld.gov.au

To order printed copies:

Printed copies of The Health of Queenslanders 2010 and the Simple Steps to Better Health brochure are available through the Queensland Government Bookshop and the Queensland Health Population Epidemiology Unit.

Previous reports

• 2008 - The Health of Queenslanders: Prevention of chronic disease- Second Report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland
• 2006 - The Health of Queenslanders 2006 Report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland