Marrickville <strong>Local</strong> Government Area <strong>Health</strong> ProfileTable 9: Indicators reflecting health status of residents, Marrickville LGA and <strong>NSW</strong>Indicator Marrickville <strong>NSW</strong>(Ratio only)Hospitalisations 2009-10 to 2010-11, smoothed number of 24,605 (100)separations per year, Smoothed Standardised Separation Ratio(sSSR) 19(90.7) -Potentially preventable hospitalisations 2009-10 to 2010-11, 1,533(100)smoothed number of separations (sSSR)(86.6) -Diabetes hospitalisations 2009-10 to 2010-11, smoothed number of 164(100)separations per year (sSSR)(88.1) --Coronary heart disease hospitalisations 2009-10 to 2010-11 247(100)smoothed number of hospitalisations per year (sSSR)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalisations, personsaged 65+, 2008-09 to 2009-10 smoothed number of hospitalisationsper year (sSSR)High body mass index attributable hospitalisations, smoothednumber of separations per year 2008-09 to 2009-10 (sSSR)Alcohol attributable hospitalisations, 2009 – 2010 to 2010 – 2011,smoothed number of hospitalisations per year, (sSSR)Smoking attributable hospitalisations, 2009 – 2010 to 2010 – 2011,smoothed number of hospitalisations per year (sSSR)Fall-related injury hospitalisations, persons aged 65 years andover, 2008-2009 to 2009-2010 combined, smoothed number ofhospitalisations per year (sSSR)Potentially avoidable deaths, persons aged under 75 years, 2006 to2007 combined, smoothed number of deaths per year, SmoothedStandardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR) 20Deaths potentially avoidable by primary prevention, persons agedunder 75 years, 2006 to 2007 combined, smoothed number ofdeaths per year (sSMR)Potentially avoidable deaths from causes amenable to health care,persons aged under 75 years, 2006 to 2007 combined, smoothednumber of deaths per year (sSMR)(56.2) -148(121.6) +262(71.6) -633(118.1) +354(86.3) -284(125.7) +111(106.4)68(107.9)43(102.9)High body mass attributable deaths 2006 to 2007, Smoothed 20(100)Number of Deaths per Year (sSMR)(74.9) --Smoking attributable deaths, 2006 to 2007, smoothed number of 50(100)deaths per year (sSMR)(111.5)Alcohol attributable deaths, 2006 to 2007, smoothed number of 15(100)deaths per year (sSMR)(119.6)Source: <strong>NSW</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Chief <strong>Health</strong> Officer’s Report 2010, http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Public<strong>Health</strong>/hsnsw/indicator_list.asp--below State average at 5% level of significance; - below State average at 1% level of significance++ above State average at 5% level of significance, + above State average at 1% level of significance(100)(100)(100)(100)(100)(100)(100)(100)Table 10 provide details of the ten most common reasons for hospitalisation in 2010/11 forMarrickville residents:19The smoothed Standardised Separation Ratio (sSSR,) can be interpreted as a 'relative risk', and is compared to the <strong>NSW</strong> average which is set to100.20The smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR,) can be interpreted as a 'relative risk', and is compared to the <strong>NSW</strong> average which is set to100.Inner West <strong>Sydney</strong> Medicare <strong>Local</strong> and <strong>Sydney</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>District</strong> Page 16Marrickville <strong>Local</strong> Government AreaPopulation <strong>Health</strong> LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013
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