Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 July 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. AIHW, 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report describes a range of modifiable vascular risk factors for dementia, and estimates their individual and combined contribution to the burden of dementia in Australia. Vascular risk factors in this study include smoking, physical inactivity, mid-life high blood pressure and mid-life obesity, as well as vascular diseases that act as risk factors for dementia—diabetes, stroke, atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease. It uses burden of disease estimates from the Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011 and evidence in the literature that shows a link between these vascular risk factors and development of dementia in later life. It shows that about 30% of the total dementia burden in Australia is due to the joint effect of the vascular risk factors examined; highlighting the potential for preventing dementia and reducing dementia-related burden.
- ISSN: 2006-4508 2204-4108
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-049-4
- Cat. no: BOD 10
- Pages: 60
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30% of the total dementia burden in Australia in 2011 was due to the joint effect of the vascular risk factors examined
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The proportion of dementia burden attributable to the combined risk factors increased with age
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Males experienced a greater proportion of dementia burden due to most vascular risk factors in 2011
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48% of the dementia burden due to diabetes could be avoided in the year 2020 if the rate of diabetes was halted