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Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011

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Release Date: 23 Sep 2016
Topic: Burden of disease
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 April 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011. AIHW, 2016.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011, AIHW, Canberra.

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This report provides estimates of the non-fatal and fatal burden of disease for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population as well as estimates of the gap in disease burden between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The disease groups causing the most burden among Indigenous Australians in 2011 were mental and substance use disorders, injuries, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases. Indigenous Australians experienced a burden of disease that was 2.3 times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians. Over one third of the overall disease burden experienced by Indigenous Australians could be prevented by removing exposure to risk factors such as tobacco and alcohol use, high body mass, physical inactivity and high blood pressure.

  • ISSN: 2204-4108
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-000-5
  • Cat. no: BOD 7
  • Pages: 393
Findings from this report:
  • Indigenous Australians experienced burden 2.3 times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians

  • Chronic diseases were responsible for 70% of the total health gap in 2011

  • 3 highest ranked disease were coronary heart disease, suicide & self-inflicted injuries and anxiety disorders

  • 19% of the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians was due to cardiovascular diseases and 14% to injuries

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