High blood plasma glucose

In 2018, 5.8% of the total disease burden among Indigenous Australians was due to high blood plasma glucose (including intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes). High blood plasma glucose was the 6th leading risk factor contributing to total disease burden.

These estimates reflect the amount of burden that could have been avoided if all Indigenous Australians did not have high blood plasma glucose levels (including diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia).

High blood plasma glucose was linked to 17 diseases including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and other diabetes, 7 cancer types, 3 cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia (see ABDS 2018 Risk factor estimates for Indigenous Australians data table S1).

How much burden was attributable to high blood plasma glucose?

In 2018 among Indigenous Australians, high blood plasma glucose was responsible for the entire burden of each type of diabetes, 38% of peripheral vascular disease burden, 25% of chronic kidney disease burden, and 15% of dementia burden.

Note that the following visualisation displays the top 10 linked diseases due to high blood plasma glucose by the selected measure.

This interactive data visualisation shows the burden attributable to high blood plasma glucose among Indigenous Australians by linked disease. The main section shows a horizontal bar graph which can be customised to report data according to year, sex and measure of attributable burden. Each bar represents the attributable burden of the disease linked to high blood plasma glucose.

How did burden attributable to high blood plasma glucose vary by age and sex?

High blood plasma glucose contributed to disease burden among Indigenous Australians across all age groups.

Total burden due to high blood plasma glucose among Indigenous Australians highest for those aged between 25 and 74, peaking among those aged 45–64. Males and females experience a similar amount of disease burden from high blood plasma glucose.

Of the diseases linked to high blood plasma glucose, type 2 diabetes contributed the most burden from high blood plasma glucose.

This interactive data visualisation shows the amount of burden attributable to high blood plasma glucose among Indigenous Australians by age group and linked disease. The main section shows a stacked bar graph which can be customised to report data according to year, sex, disease group and measure of attributable burden. Each bar represents the attributable burden within a particular age group. Each bar is also split into separate components with each colour representing a disease linked to high blood plasma glucose.

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