Latest findings
591,000 hospitalisations with CVD as principal diagnosis in 2018–19 (5.2% of all hospitalisations)
CVD was the underlying cause of 42,300 deaths (25% of all deaths) in 2019
38,600 stroke events in 2018—more than 100 every day
The highest chronic kidney disease hospitalisation rate by Population Health Area was 23 times the national average
Self-reported heart, stroke and vascular disease rates ranged from 2.9% to 8.4% across Primary Health Networks
By Primary Health Network, type 2 diabetes rates were generally higher in regional than in metropolitan areas