Place of residence Many patients are referred from the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) and are operated on by one of our six highly-skilled cardiothoracic surgeons.
Age Brackets
% of total
n
<40
7
2.0
Table 2 provides an overview of all patients presenting for cardiac surgery at RNSH in 2021 by place of residence.
40-49
28
8.0
The majority of patient referrals (77.2%) were from two NSW Health Local Health Districts (LHD): • 46.0% Central Coast • 31.2% Northern Sydney
50-59
68
19.3
60-69
108
30.7
70-79
106
30.1
The remaining 22.8% of patient referrals were from across NSW, ACT, QLD and TAS.
>79
35
9.9
Local Health District
% of total
n
Central Coast
162
46.0
Table 1. Age brackets
Northern Sydney
110
31.2
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander status In 2021, 16 patients (4.5%) identified as being either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The ratio of female to male patients in this group was 7:9.
Hunter New England
26
7.4
Western Sydney
13
3.7
Western NSW
9
2.6
The breakdown by case type for these patients was • 8 (50.0%) isolated CABG cases • 3 (18.8%) isolated valve cases • 1 (6.2%) combined valve and CABG case • 4 (25.0%) other cardiac cases
Sydney
8
2.3
South Western Sydney
7
2.0
Nepean Blue Mountains
4
1.1
Note: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represent approximately 0.4% of the total NSLHD population (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services Plan 2017-2022, NSLHD 2017) .
South Eastern Sydney
3
0.9
Australian Capital Territory
2
0.6
Illawarra Shoalhaven
2
0.6
Queensland
2
0.6
Mid North Coast
1
0.3
Murrumbidgee
1
0.3
Northern NSW
1
0.3
Tasmania
1
0.3
Table 2. Patients in each LHD
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Cardiac Surgery Annual Report 2021
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