Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: Australian facts: prevalence and incidence 2014, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 February 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: Australian facts: prevalence and incidence 2014. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: Australian facts: prevalence and incidence 2014. AIHW, 2014.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: Australian facts: prevalence and incidence 2014. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: Australian facts: prevalence and incidence 2014, AIHW, Canberra.
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Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease—Australian facts is a series of 5 reports by the National Centre for Monitoring Vascular Diseases at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare that describe the combined burden of cardiovascular disease (including coronary heart disease and stroke), diabetes and chronic kidney disease. This report on prevalence and incidence provides a comprehensive summary of the latest available data on the prevalence and incidence in the Australian population of these three chronic vascular diseases, acting alone or together. It examines age and sex characteristics and variations across population groups, by geographical location, and by socioeconomic disadvantage.
In 2011–12, 29% of Australian adults had cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes or chronic kidney disease (CKD)
In 2011–12, 22% of Australians aged 18 and over reported that they had 1 or more CVDs
In 2011, an estimated 69,900 people aged 25 and over had an acute coronary event. Almost two-thirds occurred in males
In 2011, over 53,500 people began using insulin to treat diabetes, of whom 68% had type 2 diabetes
7 Jan 2015 - Minor corrections to PDF, pages 9, 19, 22, 24, 32, 39, 48, 79.
3 Jun 2015 - Page 29, correction to Table 3.1 source.
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