Diabetes and chronic kidney disease as risks for other diseases: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011
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Topic: Burden of disease
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2016) Diabetes and chronic kidney disease as risks for other diseases: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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This report aims to provide a more comprehensive picture of the full health loss attributable to diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). It quantifies the impact of diabetes and CKD on the burden of other diseases for which there is evidence of a causal association (‘linked diseases’) to estimate the indirect burden caused by these 2 diseases. It uses disease burden estimates from the Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011 and extends the standard approach for analysis of risk factors to model diabetes and CKD as risk factors. When the indirect burden due to linked diseases was taken into account, the collective burden due to diabetes was 1.9 times as high, and CKD was 2.1 times as high, as their direct burden.
- ISSN: 2204-4108 (PDF) 2006-4508 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-047-0
- Cat. no: BOD 9
- Pages: 93
Findings from this report:
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In 2011, males experienced 31% more indirect diabetes burden than females
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In 2011, 75% of the indirect diabetes burden was from burden due to coronary heart disease, stroke and CKD
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In 2011, diabetes was responsible for 21% of the CKD burden
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In 2011, 48% of the indirect CKD burden was from burden due to coronary heart disease