Abbreviations

Abbreviations

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The Department

Department of Health and Aged Care

Heart Foundation

National Heart Foundation of Australia

MWG

Mortality Working Group

NACCHO

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

NRHA

National Rural Health Alliance

RFDS

Royal Flying Doctors Service

YLL

Years of life lost due to premature mortality

YLD

Years of healthy life lost due

to living with disease and injury