Notes

Latest data update

14 Dec 2023

  • New 2023 Australian Burden of Disease Study data
  • New 2020–21 expenditure data
  • Data table: HSVD Australian facts added to data.

30 Jun 2023

  • New 2020 and 2021 mortality data
  • New 2022 Australian Burden of Disease Study data
  • New 2019–20 expenditure data
  • New 2021–22 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data
  • Data table: HSVD Australian Facts added to data.

9 Feb 2023

  • New 2020–21 hospitalisations data and updates to information relating to COVID 19.
  • Data table: HSVD Australian Facts added to data.

Acknowledgements

The Heart, stroke and vascular disease: Australian facts report was produced by staff from Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Kidney Unit at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Louise Gates, Miriam Lum On, Fadwa Al-Yaman, Geoff Callaghan, Tracy Dixon and Michelle Gourley from the AIHW provided guidance and advice.

Valuable input was received from AIHW’s Cardiovascular Disease Expert Advisory Group, whose members are: Derek Chew (Chair), Tom Briffa, Alex Brown, Annette Dobson, Seana Gall, Monique Kilkenny, Lee Nedkoff, Mark Nelson, Rohan Poulter, Wayne Raven and Andrew Wilson.

The authors thank Julie Houston, Julie-Anne Mitchell and Bill Stavreski, from the Heart Foundation for their expert review and assistance in providing patient experience stories of heart, stroke and vascular disease.

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care funded this report.