High cholesterol

In 2018, 3.0% of the total disease burden among Indigenous Australians was due to high cholesterol, contributing to coronary heart disease and stroke burden (see ABDS 2018 Risk factor estimates for Indigenous Australians data table S1). High cholesterol was the 10th 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 cholesterol.

How much burden was attributable to high cholesterol?

In 2018 among Indigenous Australians, high cholesterol contributed 46% of coronary heart disease total burden and 23% stroke burden.

This interactive data visualisation shows the burden attributable to high cholesterol 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 cholesterol.

How did burden attributable to high cholesterol vary by age and sex?

Burden due to high cholesterol was estimated for Indigenous Australians aged 25 and over. Total burden due to high cholesterol increased peaked at age 45–64 years. Between ages 25–44 years, Indigenous males experienced around twice as much disease burden due to high cholesterol compared with Indigenous females.

In both Indigenous males and Indigenous females, the most burden due to high cholesterol was from coronary heart disease.

This interactive data visualisation shows the amount of burden attributable to high cholesterol 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 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 cholesterol.

How has disease burden due to high cholesterol changed over time?

The age-standardised rate of total burden due to high cholesterol (from all linked diseases) among Indigenous Australians between 2003 and 2018 decreased by 50% (from 27.9 to 13.9 DALY per 1,000 population). This increase was only due to changes in the linked disease burden. The same exposure to high cholesterol was applied for all 3 years due to lack of suitable data.

This interactive data visualisation shows the rate of burden attributable to high cholesterol among Indigenous Australians by year. 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 within a particular year due to high cholesterol.

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