General News
22 July, 2023
Biggest killers in Loddon revealed
HEART disease and cancers are the biggest killer of people in Loddon communities. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data released last week showed 60 people died in the Loddon Shire from cancers between 2017 and 2021. There were 52 people...
HEART disease and cancers are the biggest killer of people in Loddon communities.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data released last week showed 60 people died in the Loddon Shire from cancers between 2017 and 2021.
There were 52 people who died from heart disease in the shire’s total of 265 for the five years.
Dementia has jumped to the No 1 cause of death in women across Australia and in Loddon there were 19 people who died with the disease in 2017-2021.
Nationally, coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death in both 2011 and 2021 for men, accounting for 16 per cent of deaths in 2011 and 12 per cent in 2021.
The largest change in leading causes of death for males from 2011 to 2021 was the rise of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, from sixth to second place.
The rankings for all cancers within the top 10 causes of death (lung, prostate and colorectal) decreased between 2011 and 2021.
For women, coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease fell in rank from 2011 to 2021.
There was a notable increase for dementia including Alzheimer’s disease from third to first place, accounting for nine per cent of deaths in 2011 and 13 per cent of deaths in 2021.
The ranking for breast cancer was the only cancer within the top 10 causes of death to decrease between 2011 and 2021.
Influenza and pneumonia moved out of the 10 leading causes of death for women after 2011 and was replaced by accidental falls in 2021. Similarly, for men, heart failure and other complications moved out of the top 10 causes of death after 2011 and was replaced by accidental falls in 2021.
In Loddon there were four deaths from accidental falls recorded for the five years.
There were six deaths listed from Loddon road accidents.