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Queensland Health

The Health of Queenslanders 2006

The Health of Queenslanders 2006 Report

Full Report  - The Health of Queenslanders 2006 - Report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland. (Suitable for printing PDF 4.8mB)

Table of contents

Cover

Citation

Foreword

About this report

Executive summary

Introduction

1 A profile of Queensland's population (warning large file size 659kB)
     1.1 Age and sex distribution 
     1.2 Population growth
     1.3 Geographic distribution
     1.4 Inequalities in health (warning large file size, 1.92mB)
           Socioeconomic disadvantage
           Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

2 Wellness and illness, the health status of Queenslanders
     2.1 Self reported health and quality of life
     2.2 Burden of disease
     2.3 Life expectancy
     2.4 Infant mortality and health
     2.5 Deaths - all causes and avoidable deaths
     2.6 Hospital separations - all causes, projections and avoidable

3 Health behaviours of Queenslanders
     3.1 Risk factors
           Tobacco smoking
           Overweight and obesity
           Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake
           Physical inactivity
           High blood pressure
           High blood cholesterol
           Alcohol
           Illicit drugs
           Unsafe sex
     3.2 Protective factors
           Breastfeeding
           Water fluoridation (warning large file size, 1.6mB)
           Sun safety
           Cancer screening
           Immunisation

4 Health outcomes in Queensland
     4.1 Cancer
     4.2 Cardiovascular disease
     4.3 Diabetes Mellitus
     4.4 Mental health
     4.5 Respiratory disease
     4.6 Injury
     4.7 Musculoskeletal disease
     4.8 Communicable disease

Appendix
     Methodology and abbreviations
     References

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Population Health Branch
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Last Updated: 27 October 2008
Last Reviewed: 05 December 2006