Latest findings
In 2022, Australians experienced more burden from living with illness (52% of total burden) than premature death (48%)
In 2022, cancers were the group of diseases causing the most burden (17%)
Indigenous Australians lost almost 240,000 years of healthy life due to illness and injury in 2018
The rate of burden in Indigenous Australians decreased by 15% between 2003 and 2018
38% of disease burden in Australia in 2018 is preventable and due to the modifiable risk factors included in this study
Overweight (including obesity) was the leading contributor to non-fatal burden in 2018