Errata
Issued with Potential Benefits of the National Reform Agenda on 28/02/2007.Potential Benefits of the National Reform Agenda
Errata
The following errata (updated 9 March 2007) have been issued for Potential Benefits of the National Reform Agenda. The chapter on the web site version has been amended to reflect these errata.
Chapter 8 Regulatory burden
Page 153, paragraph 5 should read: If a 20 per cent reduction in Australian compliance costs were to be achieved through full implementation of NRA-consistent reforms, this would result in a saving of as much as $8 billion in 2005-06 (0.8 per cent of GDP per annum).
Page 156, paragraph 3, 2nd sentence should read: It is considered that NRA-consistent reforms have the potential to reduce these costs by up to 20 per cent (0.8 per cent of GDP per annum or as much as $8 billion in 2005-06 values).
Chapter 11 Health promotion and disease prevention
Page 221, Table 11.3 Estimated changes in the number of sufferers (a) should read as below.
| Chronic disease | Base (2001) | 2030 | Projected increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health | 1 544 000 | 1 779 000 | 15 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 3 409 000 | 4 108 000 | 21 |
| Type 2 diabetes (b) | 894 000 | 2 941 000 | 229 |
| Injury (serious) (c) | 2 242 000 | 2 967 000 | 32 |
| Cancer | 357 000 | 629 000 | 76 |
| Musculoskeletal (d) | 1 403 000 | 3 171 000 | 126 |
(a) Assuming no change in trend patterns of behaviour or health promotion and disease prevention initiatives over the projection period.
(b) Diabetes numbers were estimated as twice the number of cases in the National Health survey based on evidence that close to 50 per cent of sufferers are unaware they have the condition (Dunstan et al. 2002).
(c) Injury projections based on average five year trend in years lost due to injury over period 1991-2001 and increases in population using ABS projections.
(d) Numbers reported for arthritis only.
Sources: ABS (National Health Survey: Summary of Results, Cat. No. 4364.0, Canberra); Vos et al. (2004a); and Productivity Commission estimates.