Vascular Disease Statistics

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Updated May 2009

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Title:   Cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The term cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to diseases of the heart and blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in Australia.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   AusDiab
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study is the largest Australian longitudinal population-based study examining the natural history of diabetes, pre-diabetes (in which glucose metabolism is impaired but not to the level to cause diabetes), heart disease and kidney disease.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   High blood pressure overview - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   High blood pressure is common in Australia. Although it often causes no symptoms, it is a major contributor to heart attack and stroke.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Media release. Myth busting - cardiovascular disease and women
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The leading cause of death among women in Australia today is cardiovascular disease.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for people with chronic kidney disease not requiring dialysis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at very high risk of heart disease. Statins have been shown to decrease cholesterol levels and mortality in the general population. The aim of this review was to analyse if a similar effect could be shown ...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Impact of falling cardiovascular disease death rates: deaths delayed and years of life extended
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Death rates from CVD and CHD have declined dramatically in Australia since their peak in the mid 1960s. This report quantifies the number of lives saved since the peak and looks briefly at the age and sex population groups where the impact was likely to have been highest.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2004-05
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents comparisons of allocated expenditure on cardiovascular disease over time and relative to other disease types.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Smoking and heart disease
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. Nearly 40 per cent of all people who die from smoking tobacco do so due to heart and blood vessel disease. A smoker's excess risk of heart attack reduces rapidly after only one year of not smoking.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Undertreatment of rural people with cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that drugs and some interventions for cardiovascular disease are underused in rural areas.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Cardiovascular disease is a major health problem in Australia, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples carrying the greatest burden of illness and death from this disease. Up-to-date estimates on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors are important for monitoring their impact on the health of Indigenous Australians.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Vascular Health
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about vascular health and vascular diseases, including prevention, risk factors, treatment, support services and statistics.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Comorbidity of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease are three common and serious illnesses in Australia. These three diseases have shared common risk factors, and often occur together. This report focuses on examining the current extent of comorbidity of the conditions from three perspectives: self-reported prevalence, hospitalisation and deaths.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Cardiovascular disease : statistics
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the term used for heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases. CVD is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 36 per cent of all deaths in Australia in 2004. It kills one Australian every ten minutes.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Covers trends in prescription and supply of these medicines, patterns of supply by geographic area and patient socioeconomic level, whether patients take medicines as intended, adverse events associated with these medicines, initiatives to improve the quality of use of medicines, and government expenditure.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease in Australia: current picture and trends since 1992
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   It has been well established in Australia that people who are socioeconomically disadvantaged experience higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality than other Australians. Further, there is evidence that the differential has widened.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Cardiovascular Health (AIHW)
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Through the links on this page you can access general information on the impact of cardiovascular disease in Australia, its major risk factors, and information on cardiovascular procedures.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Drugs for treatment of very high blood pressure during pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   During pregnancy a woman's blood pressure falls then climbs slowly, reaching pre-pregnancy levels at term. Pregnant women with very high blood pressure often develop other complications such as pre-eclampsia and premature delivery. They are also at risk...
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Endovascular coiling versus neurosurgical clipping for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endovascular coiling of ruptured aneurysms in the brain leads to a better outcome than surgical clipping. Bleeding on the surface of the brain is called a subarachnoid haemorrhage. The bleeding usually comes from the rupture of a weak spot in an artery ...
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Living dangerously: Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This bulletin provides a summary of the risk factor profile of Australian adults - focusing on risk factors for cardiovascular disease - both individually and in combination.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Heart, Stroke and Vascular Diseases: Australian Facts 2004
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report presents statistics and information about; patterns and trends in heart, stroke and vascular diseases; contributing risk factors and associated conditions and treatment and care.
Date:   May 2004
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