| Condition |
State estimates |
LGA estimates |
Comment |
| Deaths (all conditions) |
excellent |
excellent |
Good vital registration data. Use of five years of death data improves accuracy of LGA estimates. |
| Infectious Disease |
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| Lower respiratory infections |
good |
fair |
Victorian estimates based on hospital admissions. LGA estimates use state rates by age and sex. |
| Neonatal conditions |
excellent |
excellent |
Good data on neonatal conditions as almost all babies born in hospital. |
| Cancers |
excellent |
excellent |
Good data from cancer registry, LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality determined from the registry. |
| Diabetes |
good |
good |
State estimates based on measurement survey AusDiab 2002. LGA differentials based on SEIFA and rurality self reported in National Health Survey 2001. |
| Other endocrine and metabolic disorders |
fair |
reasonable |
Victorian estimates based on mortality data and SEIFA and rurality mortality differentials for LGA level estimates |
| Mental disorders |
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| Alcohol dependence, depression, anxiety + personality disorders |
fair |
fair |
Derived from old but good quality survey data for whole of Australia 1997. LGA differentials based on SEIFA and rurality in same survey. |
| Heroin abuse/dependance |
fair |
fair |
Reasonable data sources (NDARC 2004) due to difficulty in collecting information on a group of people often not included in 'normal' surveys. LGA estimates based on SEIFA in the NMHWB survey 1997. Estimates are more than 'ball park' figures. |
| Bipolar disorder |
fair |
reasonable |
Derived from international prevalence estimates. LGA estimates based on SEIFA in the NMHWB survey 1997. |
| Schizophrenia |
good |
no information |
Estimates of prevalence confirmed by "Low Prevalence Study", part of the mental health survey which specifically measured psychotic disorders. |
| Neuro and Sense disorders |
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| Dementia |
good |
fair |
Based on overseas data but prevalence by age stable across many countries. Mortality data for dementia may be prone to differences in coding practices , but differentials in mortality by SEIFA and rurality have been used to identify LGA differences. |
| Epilepsy |
fair |
reasonable |
Victorian estimates based on overseas data. LGA information based on SEIFA and rurality differentials self reported in the NHS 2001. |
| Parkinsons |
good |
no information |
Based on overseas data, no local let alone LGA information. |
| Vision loss correctable by spectacles |
good |
fair |
Based on local survey data of good quality. LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality differentials self reported in the NHS 2001. |
| Hearing loss |
good |
fair |
Based on good SA survey, probably applies to Victoria; LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality differentials self reported in the NHS 2001. |
| Other nervous system disorders |
fair |
fair |
Victorian estimates based on mortality data and SEIFA and rurality mortality differentials for LGA level estimates |
| Cardiovascular disease |
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| Ischaemic heart disease |
good |
good |
Based on hospital data for infarction and survey data for angina. LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality differentials in hospitalisation data |
| Stroke |
good |
good |
Good data from hospitals with some adjustments based on epidemiological studies for non-hospitalised cases, number of first-ever stroke cases and level of severity. LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality differentials in hospitalisation data |
| Inflammatory heart disease |
good |
good |
Based on hospitalisations. |
| Other CVD |
fair |
reasonable |
Extrapolated from hospitalised cases. LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality differentials in mortality data for 2001. |
| Chronic respiratory disease |
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| COPD |
fair |
reasonable |
Based on community study from WA. Reasonable assumption of LGA variation according to SEIFA and rurality mortality differences. |
| Asthma |
fair |
fair |
Based on Australian studies which used results based on hyperresponsiveness test rather than the larger self-reported figures. LGA differences implied from SEIFA and rurality differentials self-reported asthma in national health survey 2001. |
| Other chronic respiratory condititons |
fair |
reasonable |
Victorian estimates based on mortality data and SEIFA and rurality mortality differentials for LGA level estimates |
| Digestive disorders |
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| Liver Cirrhosis |
fair |
reasonable |
Based on admission data but community prevalence hard to estimate. Reasonable to use SEIFA and rurality differences in hospitalisations as proxy for LGA differences. |
| Genito-urinary diseases |
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| Nephritis/nephrosis |
good |
reasonable |
From disease register of renal failure. Reasonable assumption of LGA variation according to SEIFA and rurality mortality differences. |
| Benign prostatic hypertrophy |
reasonable |
good |
Data on incidence consistent with other data sources. Lack of knowledge of natural history of disease and rate of complications post-surgery (filled in with "expert opinion"). LGA differentials based on admission data for surgery. |
| Infertility |
fair |
no information |
Prevalence from one epidemiological study. Unknown LGA differentials. |
| Musculoskeletal disorders |
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| Rheumatoid arthritis |
fair |
no information |
Based on overseas data. |
| Osteoarthritis |
fair |
poor |
Based on overseas data. LGA estimates based on SEIFA and rurality differentials in self-reported arthritis in national health survey. |
| Other congenital anomalies |
fair |
no information |
Victoria based on estimates of spina bifida Down syndrome and other chromosonal anomalies disability |
| Oral health |
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| Dental caries |
good |
no information |
Good South Australian data on prevalence of DMFT. Unknown LGA differentials. |
| Injuries |
excellent |
excellent |
Victorian hospitalisations data (2001) used for Victorian estimates. LGA differentials based on SEIFA and rurality differentials in national injuries data (2002) that presented at accident and emergency departments or were admitted. |
