Reduce mortality, premature deaths, avoidable deaths and morbidity due to cancer
Higher mortality rate due to neoplasms males (rank 25/31, variance to Aust -13%) and females (rank 25/31, variance to Aust -12%) Higher rate of premature deaths due to cancer (rank 28/31, variance to Aust -16%); breast cancer (rank 29/31, variance to Aust -16%) Higher rate of avoidable deaths due to cancer (rank 31/31, variance to Aust -24%); breast (rank 29/31, variance to Aust -17%) 5th leading cause of death – lung cancer 6th leading cause of death – colorectal cancer 9th leading cause of death – prostate cancer 10th leading cause of cancer – unknown or ill-defined primary site 13th leading cause of death - pancreatic cancer 14th leading cause of death – breast cancer Higher rate of potential years of life lost for all cancers (rank 25/31, variance to Aust -16%); breast cancer (rank 28/31, variance to Aust -12%) Higher proportion as a long term health condition – asthma (rank 29/31, variance to Aust -24%)
AIHW 2018; Table 166 Mortality due to cancer
Reduce premature mortality due to respiratory system disease
Higher rate of premature mortality due to respiratory system disease (rank 27/31, variance to Aust -37%)
PHIDU 2014; Table 176 Premature mortality due to respiratory system disease
Reduce premature mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
4th leading cause of death – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
AIHW 2015-19; Table 104 20 top leading causes of death in Australia and MPHN
Reduce premature mortality, avoidable deaths and morbidity due to road traffic injuries or transport accidents
Higher rate premature mortality due to road traffic injuries (rank 26/31, variance to Aust -98%) Higher potential years of life lost – road traffic injuries (rank 28/31, variance to Aust -122%) Higher rate of avoidable deaths from transport accidents (rank 27/31, variance to Aust -103%)
PHIDU 2014; Table 179 Premature mortality due to road traffic injuries PHIDU 2014; Table 181 Potential years of life lost – road traffic injuries PHIDU 2014; Table 180 avoidable deaths from transport accidents
Reduce mortality due to digestive disease, specifically liver disease
Higher rate of mortality due to digestive disease 19th leading cause of death – liver disease
AIHW 2018 AIHW 2015-19; Table 104 20 top leading causes of death in Australia and MPHN
Reduce deaths due to hypertensive disease
11th leading cause of death – hypertensive disease
AIHW 2015-19; Table 104 20 top leading causes of death in Australia and MPHN
Reduce prevalence of asthma
PHIDU 2014; Table 167 Premature mortality due to cancer PHIDU 2014; Table 169 Avoidable deaths due to cancer AIHW 2015-19; Table 104 20 top leading causes of death in Australia and MPHN
PHIDU 2014; Table 171 potential years of life lost AIHW 2016; Table 173 Long term respiratory disease
Summary community consultation Generally, in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survey, the 39 respondents reported community spirit and friendly people were the best things about living in their towns. Respondents were generally proud, thought their communities coped with challenges, had access to non-health related services and sporting facilities, could get involved and that their communities were safe. These results were similarly reported in the non-Aboriginal community survey of 751 respondents who in addition to community spirit and friendly people thought the best things were the lifestyle and natural environment of their towns. Similarly, slightly higher proportions of people reported pride, community resilience, community involvement, access to no health related facilities and safety in the community survey. 25 | P a g e
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