Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease book coverHeart, Stroke and Vascular Diseases: Australian Facts 2004

Full publication (1.6M PDF)

  1. Preliminary material (193K 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 

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