Respiratory Disease Among Residents of the Illawarra Health Area

Authors

Victoria J. Westley-Wise, University of WollongongFollow
Sarah Thackway, NSW Department of HealthFollow

RIS ID

137699

Publication Details

V. Westley-Wise & S. Thackway, Respiratory Disease Among Residents of the Illawarra Health Area (Illawarra Health, 2001).

Abstract

Deaths and hospitalisations due to respiratory disease -focussing on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - among people resident in the Illawarra Health Area, and each of its Local Government Areas, are reported in this issue of The Illawarra Population Health Profiler. In addition, population-based survey data relating to asthmaprevalence, severity and management among Illawarra adults aged 16 years and over are reported.