Coronary heart disease and COPD in Indigenous Australians

Although Indigenous Australians still have higher hospitalisation and death rates for CHD and COPD than non-Indigenous Australians, some encouraging trends are reported in by the AIHW in this report.  There is a declining death rate from coronary heart disease, an improvement in chronic disease management and declining smoking rates in the Indigenous population.  The proportion of Indigenous adults who smoked daily fell from 51% in 2001 to 44% in 2012-13.

Coronary heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Indigenous Australians Cat. no. IHW 126. Canberra: AIHW