Cardiovascular disease

CVD accounted for almost 14% of Australia's total burden of disease in 2015

More than 1 in 4 deaths were due to cardiovascular disease in 2017 (27% deaths as the underlying cause)

Indigenous Australians had CVD hospitalisation and death rates almost twice the rate of non-Indigenous Australians

Cardiovascular disease hospitalisation rates were 30% higher in Remote and very remote areas than Major Cities