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Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 May 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011. AIHW, 2011.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011, AIHW, Canberra.
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a very common and serious disease in Australia with about 3.5 million people reporting having the condition in 2007-08. Despite significant advances in the treatment of CVD and for some of its risk factors, it remains the cause of more deaths than any other disease - about 50,000 in 2008 - and the most expensive, costing about $5.9 billion in 2004-05. And not all sectors of Australian society are affected equally by CVD with people in lower socioeconomic groups, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those living in the remote areas of Australia often more likely to be hospitalised with, or to die from CVD than other members of the population.
CVD takes more lives than any other disease and has the highest level of direct health care expenditure in Australia
In 2007–08, about 3.5 million Australians had a long-term cardiovascular disease
CVD was the leading cause of death in 2008, accounting for nearly 50,000 deaths or34% of total deaths
The overall death rate for CVD has fallen by about 80% since the 1960s and continues to fall
Cardiovascular disease: Australian facts 2011