Consistent with this difference, the potential life lost as a result of deaths due to Mental health disorders was 7, years for males and 3, years for females.
Potential life lost due to deaths from these diseases was 1, years for males and 2, years for females. This dot point covers information such as the range and types of health care facilities and services available in Australia. The standardised death rate for Cancer was Five of the top 20 leading causes of death in were attributable to some form of Cardiovascular Disease.
The median age of persons dying from cancer in was You are required to consider issues such as the equity of access to this health care as well as describing the advantages and disadvantages of Medicare. The median age at death was higher for females at More males than females died of cancer with male deaths per female deaths for the registration year.
The standardised death rate for males in was 3. Inthe standardised death rate for Obesity was 0.
See the Leading Causes of Death section for this publication Chapter 2 for further information. Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease was identified as either an underlying cause or associated cause of death for 6, deaths registered in Cancer contributed to a total of 46, deaths as either an underlying or associated cause of death.
Health priorities in Australia then moves onto the actual health priority issues in Australia.