WorksheetsHealth trends and stats
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the leading cause of death for women in Australia?
Lung Cancer
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Coronary Heart Disease
Breast Cancer
What is the leading cause of death for men in Australia?
Prostate cancer
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Lung Cancer
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
Which of the following are the top 4 causes of cancer death for women?
Lung, Breast, Colorectal, Pancreas
Breast, Lung, Colorectal, Pancreas
Lung, Prostate, Breast, Colorectal
Breast, Ovary, Lung, Colorectal
Which three cancers had the highest incidence in 2019?
Colorectal, Breast, Melanoma
Lung, Melanoma, Breast
Breast, Prostate, Colorectal
Lung, Breast, Prostate
Which cancer type has the largest rate of mortality in 2019?
Breast Cancer
Melanoma
Lung Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Observe the graph. Which of the following diseases is represented at 3, 4 and 5?
3.Breast Cancer, 4. Lung Cancer and 5. Cerebrovascular disease
3.Cerebrovascular disease, 4. Lung Cancer and 5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease
3.Lung Cancer, 4.Breast Cancer and 5.Melanoma
3.Coronary heart disease, 4. Lung Cancer and 5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease
Which disease is represented by the trend in the graph?
Cancer
Diabetes
CVD
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Which disease is the second most common cause of CVD death?
Coronary Heart Disease
Cerebrovascular disease
Heart failure
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Which disease trend is represented in the graph?
Cerebrovascular Disease
Diabetes
CVD
Cancer
What is the life expectancy of males and females?
Males 80.7; Females 84.9
Females 82; Males 79
Males 78.2; Females 89.5
Males 80.4; Females 89.4
Which of the following incurs the largest proportion of health spending?
Medicare
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Aged Care
Hospitals
Which disease is represented by the trend in the graph?
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Cancer
Diabetes
CVD
What is the 2nd leading single cause of death?
Cancer
CVD
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Diabetes
Which of the following statistics represent ATSI health inequity?
ATSI are 2x as likely to die from CHD & 4x as likely to die from diabetes than non ATSI
ATSI are 10x as likely to die from CHD & 20x as likely to die from diabetes than non ATSI
ATSI are 1x as likely to die from CHD & 2x as likely to die from diabetes than non ATSI
ATSI are 5x as likely to die from CHD & 8x as likely to die from diabetes than non ATSI
Observe the graph. Which of the following statements is correct?
Life expectancy for decreases for males and increases for females with remoteness
Life expectancy for females and males decreases with remoteness
Life expectancy for males and females increases with remoteness
The degree of remoteness has little bearing on life expectancy
Observe the graph, what is the life expectancy gap for Indigenous males and females between 2015-2017?
10.6 years for males and 9.5 years for females
11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females
18 years for males and 15 years for females
8.6 years for males and 7.8 years for females
What is the rate of CVD mortality as a proportion of all deaths?
39%
48%
26%
11%
What is the rate of cancer mortality (as a group of diseases) as a proportion of all deaths?
89%
13%
29%
14%
Observe the graph. Which of the following is true?
Risky smoking, drinking and excess consumption of sugar increases with remoteness
Risky smoking, drinking and excess consumption of sugar decreases with remoteness
People in remote areas a re generally healthier
ATSI people have healthier diets than non ATSI people
Observe the graph. Which disease is represented?
CVD
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Cancer
Diabetes
