The proportion of Australian deaths by heart disease has decreased over the last ten years, according to figures released on 31 March 2010 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). In 1999, 22% of all deaths in Australia were due to heart disease, compared to 16% of all deaths in 2008. Despite the decline, with 16% of deaths heart disease remains the biggest killer.
Over the same period, deaths due to dementia and Alzheimer's disease more than doubled. Further information is available in Causes of Death, Australia, 2008.
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