Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, Australian facts 2004

Cardiovascular disease series no. 22

Full publication

• Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, Australian facts 2004 (1.6M PDF)

Publication table of contents

1. Preliminary material (193K PDF)
   • Title page and verso
   • Preface
   • Contributors
   • Acknowledgements
   • Highlights (98K PDF)
2. Sections
   1. Introduction (272K PDF)
   2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 
   3. The diseases (532K PDF)
      • Overview of heart, stroke and vascular diseases 
      • Coronary heart disease 
      • Stroke 
      • Heart failure (316K PDF)
      • Peripheral vascular disease
      • Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease 
      • Congenital heart diseases 
   4. Risk factors and associated conditions for heart, stroke and vascular diseases (364K PDF)
      • Introduction 
      • Tobacco smoking
      • Insufficient physical activity 
      • Poor nutrition
      • Alcohol consumption 
      • High blood pressure (503K PDF)
      • High blood cholesterol 
      • Overweight 
      • Diabetes 
      • Kidney (renal) failure 
   5. Treatment and care (356K PDF)
      • Introduction 
      • General practice care 
      • Drug treatment 
      • Procedures in hospital 
      • Rehabilitation and secondary prevention 
   6. Appendixes (222K PDF)
      • Methods and data sources
      • Abbreviations
      • Symbols