THE INCIDENCE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES: A COMPARISON USING ESTIMATES BASED ON HOSPITAL MORBIDITY RECORDS

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Reznik RB ◽  
Goldstein GB ◽  
I. Ring
1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhat Yusuf ◽  
M. Hamid Sheikh

SummaryThis study examines data from 47,238 episodes of hospitalization in New South Wales, Australia, pertaining to the patients suffering from mental disorders, i.e. those patients with a principal diagnosis coded from 290 to 315 inclusive, according to the 8th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.An overall prevalence of nine episodes of hospitalization due to mental disorders was found per 1000 population per annum. Major disease categories were neuroses and alcoholism (each accounting for 21% of the total episodes) followed by schizophrenia (16%) and affective psychosis (11%); there were substantial differences by age, sex, marital status and ethnic origin.


2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 550-555
Author(s):  
John French ◽  
David Brieger ◽  
Craig Juergens ◽  
Bernadette Costa ◽  
Bridie Carr ◽  
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