AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2016) Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2011—summary report, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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This summary report presents key findings from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s report: Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2011. It provides estimates of the burden due to different diseases and injuries in Australia and the contribution of various risk factors to this burden. It includes new analyses of the burden attributed to all dietary risk factors included in the study.
Cancer, cardiovascular diseases and mental & substance use disorders were the leading causes of burden in 2011
31% of the disease burden in 2011 could have been prevented by reducing exposure to 29 modifiable risk factors
Tobacco use caused the most burden (9%). All dietary risk factors combined accounted for 7% of the burden
10% reduction in total burden between 2003 and 2011
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