Our District covers an area of 900km² and encompasses 9 local government areas (LGAs) including Hornsby, Ku- ring-gai, Northern Beaches, Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, Mosman, North Sydney, Ryde and Willoughby.
Northern Sydney LHD in numbers
25,000 Annual operations (based on 25,620 episodes of care)
515 Patients serviced from COVID-19 virtual ward in 2020
Over 153,000 Annual ED Presentations
20% of the Northern Sydney population will be
71% access to private health insurance (vs 48% NSW average)
45.1% overweight or obese (vs 55.2% NSW average)
Delivered around 4,000 babies annually
aged over 65 years by 2036 (as of 2019)
Sources: Department Planning, Industry and Environment: 2019 population projections NSW Population Health Survey (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health: 2019 Overweight and obese adults by LHD NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health: 2019 Total births by LHD Bureau of Health Information. Health Observer, NSW Health: 2020 NSLHD Emergency department activity Bureau of Health Information. Health Observer, NSW Health: 2020 NSLHD Hospital admissions activity NSLHD Safety and Quality Account 2019-2020 Report; 2020-2021 Future priorities, https://online.flippingbook.com/view/993762
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