Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Gout , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 November 2021
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Gout . Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-musculoskeletal-conditions/gout
Gout . Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 25 August 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-musculoskeletal-conditions/gout
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Gout [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2021 Nov. 29]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-musculoskeletal-conditions/gout
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, Gout , viewed 29 November 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-musculoskeletal-conditions/gout
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Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops when an excess of uric acid in the blood leads to deposits of uric acid crystals in one or more joints, causing inflammation.
4.5% of Australians had gout in 2017–18, based on self-reported survey data. That is approximately 1.1 million people
Men are more likely to have gout than women—almost 8 in 10 (79%) people with gout are men
10 Nov 2020 - The AIHW changed the way it classifies gout from NHS data. Further detail on this change is contained in the webpage.
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