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Risk factors to health

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Last updated: 07 Aug 2017
Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. Risk factors to health. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 09 December 2019, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/risk-factors/risk-factors-to-health

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Risk factors to health. Retrieved from https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/risk-factors/risk-factors-to-health

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Risk factors to health. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 07 August 2017, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/risk-factors/risk-factors-to-health

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Risk factors to health [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2017 [cited 2019 Dec. 9]. Available from: https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/risk-factors/risk-factors-to-health

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Health risk factors are attributes, characteristics or exposures that increase the likelihood of a person developing a disease or health disorder. Behavioural risk factors are those that individuals have the most ability to modify. Biomedical risk factors are bodily states that are often influenced by behavioural risk factors.

Findings from this report:
  • Over 1 in 3 Australian adults (34%) had high blood pressure in 2014–15—a slight rise from 32% in 2011–12

  • Almost 1 in 8 Australian adults (13%) smoked daily in 2016

  • Over 1 in 2 Australian adults aged 18–64 years (52%) were not sufficiently active in 2014–15—down from 56% in 2011–12

  • 3.1% of Australian adults had impaired fasting glucose in 2011–12

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  • Contents
    • Risk factors and disease burden
    • Tobacco smoking
    • Excessive alcohol consumption
    • Abnormal blood lipids (dyslipidaemia)
    • Nutrition
    • Insufficient physical activity
    • Overweight and obesity
      • Causes of overweight and obesity
      • Who is overweight?
    • High blood pressure
    • Impaired fasting glucose
    • Chronic disease risk factors
  • Technical notes
  • Data
  • Related material

Chronic disease risk factors

See Evidence for chronic disease risk factors.

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