Indicator 3.7 Prevalence of cardiovascular disease among people with diabetes
Consideration
These estimates are based on relatively small numbers and are associated with large sampling error. Due to small numbers, age-standardised proportions were not derived.
Overview
In 2017–18, an estimated 660,000 Australian adults with self-reported diabetes had cardiovascular disease (CVD), corresponding to 57% of adults with diabetes, based on self-reported diabetes and cardiovascular data from the National Health Survey (NHS).
Trends
The unadjusted prevalence of cardiovascular disease among people with diabetes varied across the years:
- 58% in 2007–08
- 53% in 2011–12
- 64% in 2014–15
- 57% in 2017–18 (Figure 3.7.1)
Age and sex
There was no difference in the prevalence of CVD among men and women with self-reported diabetes, and proportions increased with age (Figure 3.7.1).
Population groups
There was no difference by remoteness or socioeconomic areas (Figure 3.7.2). The proportions for both remoteness and socioeconomic areas have a high margin of error and should be used with caution.
State and territory
The prevalence of CVD among men and women with self-reported diabetes varied across the states and territories (Figure 3.7.2). The proportions for Western Australia, Tasmania and Australian Capital Territory have a high margin of error and should be used with caution.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Based on self-reported data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS), an estimated 36,600 (58%) of Indigenous Australians with diabetes had CVD in 2018–19. In 2017–18, 57% of non-Indigenous adults with diabetes had CVD, based on self-reported data from the NHS (Figure 3.7.2).
Explore the data
3.7 Prevalence of cardiovascular disease among adults with diabetes, by age group and sex, 2007–08 to 2017–18 and by selected population groups, 2017–18