Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005) Living dangerously, Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 June 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2005). Living dangerously, Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Living dangerously, Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease. AIHW, 2005.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Living dangerously, Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Canberra: AIHW; 2005.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2005, Living dangerously, Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease, AIHW, Canberra.
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This bulletin provides a summary of the risk factor profile of Australian adults - focusing on risk factors for cardiovascular disease - both individually and in combination. Using self-reported data collected in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 National Health Survey, the nine risk factors examined are smoking, physical activity, low fruit consumption, low vegetable consumption, risky alcohol consumption, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, obesity and diabetes. The prevalence of multiple risk factors is described according to age, sex and socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease in order to identify population groups most at risk.
The prevalence of risk factors (see Box 1) in the population is frequently considered in isolation. However, there is evidence that while risk factors are independent predictors of disease—that is, the presence of each one on its own increases the risk of illness—they also have an interactive effect. The risk of illness for a person with a particular factor is increased by the presence of additional risk factors.
This bulletin provides a summary of the risk factor profile of Australian adults—focusing on risk factors for cardiovascular disease—both individually and in combination. The prevalence of multiple risk factors is described according to age, sex and socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease—derived from self-reported data collected in the 2001 National Health Survey (NHS)—in order to identify population groups most at risk.
Appendix 1: About the data Appendix 2: Logistic regression analysis
End matter: References; Glossary; Acknowledgments
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