ISARE CONFERENCE MALTE April 29th & 30th 2005
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GOZO Pop: 32, km 2 MALTA Pop: 358, km 2 Area: 316 km 2 Population density: 1170/km 2 The Maltese Archipelago COMINO
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION 95 GUARDAMANGIA HILL GUARDAMANGIA MSD 08 MALTA Dr. Renzo Pace Asciak Consultant Health Information
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION MISSION STATEMENT: To provide ACCURATE and RELIABLE information on the health of the population of MALTA and on Government health services
Relevance of A & I database in Malta12 NATIONAL REGISTRIES zMORTALITY zCANCER zCONGENITAL ANOMALIES zOBSTETRICS zORGAN TRANSPLANTS
Relevance of A & I database in Malta13 NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS zHOSPITALS zACCIDENTS and INJURIES
Relevance of A & I database in Malta14 INJURY DATABASE zEC (DGSANCO) is committed to help MS to implement/augment Injury Database. zDGSANCO launched IDB in Malta on the 28 th September 2004!
Relevance of A & I database in Malta15 OTHER INFORMATION zHEALTH EXPENDITURE zHEALTH PERSONNEL zCLEARING HOUSE for other health data
Relevance of A & I database in Malta16 HEALTH SURVEY UNIT zFIRST NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY 2002
Relevance of A & I database in Malta17 DHI PROVIDES A HEALTH STATISTICS SERVICE TO: z PARLIAMENT z NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE z Other GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS z HEALTHCARE MANAGERS and PROVIDERS z STUDENTS and RESEARCHERS z MASS MEDIA z INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES especially WHO, IARC and EUROSTAT
Relevance of A & I database in Malta18 REGIONAL INDICATORS AVAILABLE RegionsLocalities Health care professionals XX Education of health care professionals XX Health Care Structures √√ Health Care utilisation √ (partial) Demographic & socioeconomic data √√ Mortality data √√ Biological factors & health habits √√ Living & working conditions √ (partial) Prevention data XX
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