At a glance

Recorded diagnosis of ARF and/or RHD

8,448 First Nations people with a diagnosis of ARF and/or RHD were recorded on jurisdictional registers at December 2022(1)

Northern Territory

40% of First Nations people who had a diagnosis of ARF and/or RHD lived in the NT

497

497 First Nations people were diagnosed with acute rheumatic fever in 2022(2)

Annual population rate

The annual population rate of ARF diagnoses among First Nations people increased from 2013(3) to 2021(4), then decreased in 2022(5)

Hospital separations with a diagnosis of ARF

In 2021–22 financial year, there was a total of 554 hospital separations with a diagnosis of ARF in NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT(6)

5,424

At December 2022, 5,424 First Nations people were living with RHD(7)

RHD incidence rate

The incidence rate of RHD among First Nations people who were newly diagnosed with RHD increased from 2015 to 2018, then decreased over last 5 years(8)

7 in 10

Nearly 7 in 10 First Nations people who were newly diagnosed with RHD in 2022 were females

Prevalence rate

The prevalence rate of First Nations people living with RHD has increased since 2015(9)

New diagnoses of RHD

In 2022, 9 new diagnoses of RHD were recorded in people under 35 years old in NSW

Surgery for RHD

73 First Nations people had surgery for RHD in 2022

RHD register

At December 2022, 142 people living with RHD were recorded on the register in New South Wales(10)

1 in 4

Nearly 1 in 4 First Nations people in Qld, WA, SA, and NT prescribed BPG received at least 80% of their prescribed doses in 2022

  1. [1] Over 81% of total diagnoses of ARF/RHD in NSW, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory
  2. [2] 95% of total diagnoses in NSW, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory
  3. [3] 47 per 100,000 population
  4. [4] 77 per 100,000 population
  5. [5] 64 per 100,000 population
  6. [6] 85% First Nations people vs 15% non-Indigenous people
  7. [7] 78% of total of those in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory
  8. [8] 55 persons per 100,000 population in 2015, 88 persons per 100,000 population in 2018, 55 persons per 100,000 population in 2022
  9. [9] 847 persons per 100,000 population in 2015 to 1,104 persons per 100,000 population in 2022
  10. [10] RHD is notifiable only in those aged under 35 at the time of diagnosis in NSW
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