Indicator 3.15 Death rates for coronary heart disease and stroke among people with diabetes

Considerations

  • Data for this indicator are not available for update—baseline results reported.
  • Linked National Diabetes Services Scheme and National Death Index data was used to look at the causes of death for people with diabetes between 2009 and 2014. As data linkage is required for reporting, updated data for this indicator is not available.

Overview

In 2014, there were around 11,800 deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke among people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, equating to a rate of 330 per 100,000 population.

Age and sex

The death rate for CHD and stroke among males with type 1 or type 2 diabetes was 1.5 times as high as the rate among their female counterparts (394 and 260 deaths per 100,000 population, respectively). The death rate increased with age and was consistently higher in males than females in each age group (Figure 3.15).

Population groups

The rate increased with rising levels of remoteness and socioeconomic disadvantage. The death rate was 1.7 times as high among those living in Remote and Very remote areas as those living in Major cities, and 1.4 times as high among those living in the lowest socioeconomic areas as those in the highest socioeconomic areas (Figure 3.15).

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3.15 Death rates for coronary heart disease and stroke among people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, by selected population group, 2014

The chart shows the death rates for coronary heart disease and stroke among people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes increased with age in 2014. Death rates increased from 60 per 100,000 population aged 0-44 years to around 6,000 deaths per 100,000 population aged 85+. Death rates were also higher among males than females for all age groups. Deaths for coronary heart disease and stroke increased with both level of remoteness and increasing socioeconomic burden. Rates of death among those living in Remote and very remote areas were around 1.7 times as high as Major cities and around 1.4 times as high in the lowest socioeconomic group compared to the highest. Coronary heart disease and stroke deaths among people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes varied among states and territories with Northern Territory (413 per 100,000 population) accounting for the highest rate of deaths and Australian Capital Territory (284 per 100,000 population) the lowest.

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Indicator 3.15 data specifications

 

Definition

Data source

Numerator

Number of deaths from stroke (ICD-10: I60-I64) or CHD (ICD-10:I20-I25) as an underlying cause, among people living with diabetes (ICD-10: E10–E11).

National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)-National Death Index linked dataset, 2012–2014

Denominator

Number of people living with diabetes.

NDSS