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Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileFigure 14: Premature mortality * from chronic disease (ages 0 to 74 years) and external causes per 1,000persons vs Inner West Sydney and state comparators, 2003 to 2007Source: Public Health Information and Development Unit and Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)Note: * ‘Premature mortality’ is defined by PHIDU as mortality occurring prior to 75 years of age;‘Circulatory system conditions’ include ICD-10-AM codes I00 to I99; ‘Respiratory system diseases’ include ICD-10-AM codes J00 to J99;‘External causes’ include deaths arising from transport accidents, accidental falls, accidental poisoning, assault and suicide;Death rates reported are crude rates (not age-standardised).4.4 INFECTIOUS DISEASESIn New South Wales, Inner West Sydney has the highest rate of Hepatitis B virus reflecting ahigh population from East Asian countries. Inner West Sydney has the second highest rate ofHIV (reflecting a high population of gay and other homosexually active men) and the secondhighest rate of HCV (reflecting high rates of injecting drug use). Sydney and Marrickville havethe highest rates Chlamydia. 28The prevalence of Chlamydia (16.5 cases per 1,000 persons) is 18% higher than the catchmentoverall 29 and the second-highest of any LGA in the catchment, behind Sydney (37.0 cases per1,000 persons).The challenges posed by sexually transmissible infections are underlined by the fact thatMarrickville is also second-only to the City of Sydney in terms of the prevalence of Gonorrhoea(5.4 cases per 1,000 persons), Syphilis (1.6 cases per 1,000 persons) and Hepatitis C (4.3 cases per1,000 persons).28 Australian Society for HIV Medicine29STI prevalence across the ML have been derived by HealthConsult based on data obtained from the Sydney Local Health DistrictInner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 22Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013
Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileFigure 15: Prevalence of sexually transmissible infections per 1,000 persons vs Inner West Sydney and statecomparators, 1998 to 2009Source: Sydney Local Health District and NSW Health Centre for Epidemiology and Research (2010)Note: Rates reported are crude (not age standardised)4.5 DISABILITYFigure 16 shows that the proportion of persons that require assistance with core activities ishigher in Marrickville than across both the catchment and NSW for all persons aged 60 yearsand above. This gap widens with age, with 4.1% more persons in Marrickville aged 70 to 79years requiring assistance compared to the overall catchment. The difference between rates ofdisability in Marrickville and the overall catchment rise to 6.4% for persons aged 80 years andabove.Figure 16: Proportion of persons requiring assistance with core activities * vs Inner West Sydney and statecomparators, 2011Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011)Note: * ‘Core activities’ are defined by the ABS as needing help in one or more of three activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication’Inner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 23Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013
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