Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease—Australian facts: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2015
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Topic: First Nations people
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2015) Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease—Australian facts: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2015, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026.
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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 (CVD), diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). This report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presents up-to-date statistics on risk factors, prevalence, hospitalisation and deaths from these 3 chronic diseases. It examines age and sex characteristics and variations by geographical location and compares these with the non-Indigenous population.
- ISSN: 2204-1397 (Print) 2204-1400 (PDF)
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-848-5
- Cat. no: CDK 5
- Pages: 128
Findings from this report:
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Indigenous adults were 2.6 times as likely as non-Indigenous adults to smoke daily
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Indigenous adults had a higher rate of CVD than non-Indigenous adults (27% and 21%)
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Indigenous adults were 3.5 times as likely as non-Indigenous adults to have diabetes (18% and 5%)
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Indigenous adults were twice as likely as non-Indigenous adults to have biomedical signs of CKD (22% and 10%)