Stroke and its management in Australia: an update
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Stroke and its management in Australia: an update, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Stroke and its management in Australia: an update. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Stroke and its management in Australia: an update. AIHW, 2013.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Stroke and its management in Australia: an update. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Stroke and its management in Australia: an update, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents a comprehensive picture about, and the latest data on, stroke and how it is managed in Australia. It examines the impact of stroke on patients, their carers, the health system and aged care services. In particular for stroke patients, the report includes information on incidence, prevalence, hospitalisation, disability, treatment and deaths. The report also examines trends and inequalities in stroke and it's management in Australia; and makes international comparisons; and identifies data gaps.
- ISSN: 1323-9236
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-441-8
- Cat. no: CVD 61
- Pages: 156
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Stroke death rates declined by 70% between 1979 and 2010. In 2010, stroke caused 8,300 deaths, 6% of all deaths
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More people are now surviving stroke, and disability caused by stroke declined from 45% to 35% from 1998 to 2009
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In 2008-09, total health-care expenditure for stroke was $606 million; 7.8% of the CVD health-care expenditure
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Stroke prevalence rates were higher for Indigenous Australians and in people in the lowest socioeconomic group