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  2. Cardiovascular disease in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Cardiovascular disease remains Australia's leading cause of death. In 2009, 46,106 deaths in Australia were directly linked with CVD (21,935 males and 24,171 females); this figure represents a total of 33% of all deaths in Australia. [4] It was reported in 2010 that almost 16% of the total projected burden of disease was a result of CVD. [5]

  3. Diabetes in Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia

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    The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal Australians can lead to retinopathy, whereby blood vessels in the eye are damaged [21] as a direct result of this condition. Peripheral neuropathy is also common in diabetes patients and in some cases can lead to chronic foot problems and even amputations. [22]

  4. List of countries by risk of death from non-communicable ...

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    This is a list of countries by risk of premature death from non-communicable disease such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease between ages 30 and 70 as published by the World Health Organization in 2008. Measuring the risk of dying from target NCDs is important to assess the extent of burden from ...

  5. Lifestyle disease - Wikipedia

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    The leading cause of death of Australian males was heart disease with 11,016 deaths, followed by lung cancer with 4,995 deaths, and chronic pulmonary disease killing 3,572. All these conditions were mainly attributed to smoking, excessive alcohol use or an unhealthy lifestyle. [ 14 ]

  6. Indigenous health in Australia - Wikipedia

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    From 1996 to 2001, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) used indirect methods for its calculations, because census results were deemed to be unreliable, and figures published in 2005 (59.4 years for males and 64.8 years for females) indicated a widely quoted gap of 17 years between indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy, though the ...

  7. Chronic condition - Wikipedia

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    A chronic condition, on the other hand, usually affects multiple areas of the body, is not fully responsive to treatment, and persists for an extended period of time. [2] Chronic conditions may have periods of remission or relapse where the disease temporarily goes away, or subsequently reappears. Periods of remission and relapse are commonly ...

  8. Health care in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that out-of-pocket payments increased four-and-a-half times faster than government funding in 2014–15. [62] This has led to large numbers of patients skipping treatment or medicine. [63] Australian out-of-pocket health expenses are the third highest in the developed world. [62] [1]

  9. Diabetes in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Evolution of the age-standardized prevalence of diabetes in Australia, from 1980 to 2014 [1].. An estimated 275 Australians develop diabetes every day. The 2005 Australian AusDiab Follow-up Study (Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study) showed that 1.7 million Australians have diabetes but that up to half of the cases of type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed.