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Avoidable MortalityPage contents: Overview | Avoidable mortality in Victoria | Fact sheets OverviewAvoidable mortality (AM) is a simple and practical population-based method of counting untimely and unnecessary deaths from diseases for which effective public health and medical interventions are available. An excess of deaths due to preventable causes should suggest shortcomings in the healthcare system that warrant further attention. Avoidable Mortality - VHISS Interactive Reports Avoidable mortality in Victoria: trends between 1997 and 2003The Avoidable mortality in Victoria: Trends between 1997 and 2003 report is the first comprehensive analysis of avoidable deaths in Victoria. Findings include the fact that cardiovascular disease and cancers were responsible for more than half of the potentially avoidable deaths between 1997 and 2003.
Fact sheetsThe following fact sheets present the major findings from the Avoidable mortality in Victoria: Trends between 1997 and 2003 report. Information is presented on breast cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), colorectal cancer, ischaemic heart disease (IHD), lung cancer, stroke, suicide and total avoidable mortality findings.
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12 March, 2009
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