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Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2018

Cancers were the group of diseases causing the most burden in 2018 38% of disease burden could have been avoided or reduced, being due to the modifiable risk factors included in the study Risk factors contributing the most burden were tobacco use and overweight (including obesity) 13% reduction in total burden rates between 2003 and 2018 Australians suffered more burden from living with illness (52% of total burden) than from premature death (48%) The lowest socioeconomic group experienced a burden rate that was 1.6 times that of the highest socioeconomic group Coronary heart disease, back pain, dementia, COPD, and lung cancer were the top 5 diseases causing burden in 2018 5 million years of healthy life were lost in 2018

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New insights into suicide and self-harm in Australia, including potentially-modifiable risk factors

In 2019, Australians lost 145,703 years of healthy life due to suicide and self-harm– representing around 3% of the total burden of disease and injury in Australia, and 10% of total burden among those aged 15 to 24 years. Nearly all (99%) of the burden of suicide and self-harm was due to dying prematurely (fatal burden).

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COVID-19

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Learn more about the health effects of COVID-19 on Australians during 2020 and early 2021 includes analyses of the years of healthy life lost, international comparisons and impacts on population groups, mental health and the health system. Sept 2021

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