Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010) Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2010). Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia. AIHW, 2010.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2010.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010, Women and heart disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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Cardiovascular disease is Australia's biggest killer. This report focuses on its impact on the health of Australian women - a group who may not be aware of how significant a threat this disease is to them. The report presents the latest data on prevalence, deaths, disability, hospitalisations, services, treatments, risk factors and expenditure, as well as comparisons to other important diseases among women. This report is a useful resource for policy makers, researchers, health professionals and anyone interested in cardiovascular disease in Australian women.
- ISSN: 1323-9236
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-015-1
- Cat. no: CVD 49
- Pages: 251
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Coronary Heart disease (CHD), stroke and other heart diseases are the three leading causes of death among women
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CHD and stroke were the two leading causes of years of life lost to premature death among women in 2003
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Of the two million women with CVD—about 226,000 have CHD, 168,000 have had stroke and 176,000 have heart failure
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) accounted for about 5% of all hospitalisations for women in 2006–07