Statistics of SWS
SWS Health Statistics
- 19% prevalence of cigarette smoking.
- 18% drink at harmful to hazardous levels
- 45% of respondents are overweight or obese
- 62% of notifications were for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
- 65.6% Immunisation rate for children 24-27 months
- 50% of NSW narcotics convictions are in Fairfield
- In 1993-97 circulatory disease and cancer were the major causes of death
- Most common cancers are lung, colon and rectum, breast, prostate and melanoma.
This statistical information is from the “Health in South Western Sydney, Epidemiological Profile, 2000” from the Epidemiology Unit, a division of Population Health, South Western Sydney Area Health Service.