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Marrickville <strong>Local</strong> Government Area <strong>Health</strong> ProfileTable 10: Ten most common reasons for hospitalisation in 2010/11 in the Ashfield LGA and <strong>NSW</strong><strong>NSW</strong> 2010/11s Marrickville MarrickvilleRank<strong>NSW</strong>Separations<strong>NSW</strong>RankDigestive system 2944 (16.63%) 1 27803 (16.59%) 1Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 2497 (14.10%) 2 17482 (10.43%) 2Musculoskeletal system and connective 1840 (10.39%) 3 16756 (10.00%) 3tissueCirculatory system 1179 (6.66%) 4 13753 (8.21%) 4Female reproductive system 1155 (6.52%) 5 9897 (5.91%) 5Respiratory system 1045(5.90%) 6 9627 (5.75%) 6Ear, nose, mouth and throat 1010 (5.70%) 7 8905 (5.31%) 7Nervous system 869 (4.91%) 8 8877 (5.30%) 8Skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast 831 (4.69%) 9 8296 (4.95%) 9Eye 728( 4.11%) 10 7632 (4.55%) 11Source: <strong>Sydney</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>District</strong>, Flow Info V. 11.04.2 CANCERFigure 11 shows that the incidence of all cancer types within the Marrickville LGA is equal to orslightly lower than the catchment and <strong>NSW</strong> benchmark rates, with the exception of lung cancer.This high incidence of lung cancer may be attributed to the high prevalence of smoking inMarrickville. As illustrated in Figure 12, there is a direct link between the prevalence of smokingand the incidence of lung cancer in most LGAs within the catchment.Figure 11: Incidence of selected cancers per 1,000 persons vs Inner West <strong>Sydney</strong> and state comparators,2004 to 2008Source: Cancer Institute <strong>NSW</strong> (2010); Note: Incidences reported are crude rates (not age-standardised)Inner West <strong>Sydney</strong> Medicare <strong>Local</strong> and <strong>Sydney</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>District</strong> Page 17Marrickville <strong>Local</strong> Government AreaPopulation <strong>Health</strong> LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013

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