This report provides key information on the status of the health of our community, current challenges, emerging health priorities, inequities and trends in these factors. It provides information to all those working to improve health on the effectiveness of their programs. The electronic report or e-CHO, which is an interactive web-based report providing graphs and complete data tables and explanatory text on over 400 population health indicators, as well as files for each indicator which can be downloaded by users for free.
We now know that a child born in 2006 would now expect to live 79.3 years if male and 84.2 years if female, an increase of just under 3 years since 1997. Australian longevity was third only to Japan and Switzerland in 2006. However, our population is also subject to a heavy burden of disease. These diseases include, in order of burden, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, neurological disorders, injuries, respiratory diseases and diabetes. Together these diseases constitute just over 80% of all disease burden in our community.
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