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4 Aug 2015 - Page IX replaced due to minor correction in table.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015. AIHW, 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015, AIHW, Canberra.
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This is the first national report on the 21 Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It shows that: the age-standardised death rate due to cardiac conditions for Indigenous people was 1.6 times that for non-Indigenous people; mortality from cardiac conditions for Indigenous Australians decreased by 41% between 1998 and 2012, while access to cardiac care has improved over time.
Mortality rate for cardiac conditions was higher for Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians had lower rates of in-hospital treatment services compared with non-Indigenous Australians
Incidence of acute rheumatic fever is 53 per 100,000 Indigenous Australians and 0.2 per 100,000 other Australians
Over time, mortality from cardiac conditions for Indigenous Australians decreased significantly
4 Aug 2015 - Page IX replaced due to minor correction in table.