Table 1.
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease by age group and sex, 2017-2018.
| Age group (years) | Men, na | Women, na | Total, na | Men, % (95% CI)b | Women, % (95% CI)b | Total, % (95% CI)b |
| 18-44 | 31,400 | 56,600 | 88,000 | 0.7 (0.3-1.1) | 1.2 (0.7-1.8) | 1.0 (0.7-1.3) |
| 45-54 | 50,600 | 42,300 | 92,900 | 3.3 (2.4-4.2) | 2.6 (1.7-3.5) | 3.0 (2.4-3.6) |
| 55-64 | 136,700 | 114,700 | 251,500 | 10.0 (7.6-12.4) | 7.9 (6.0-9.9) | 8.9 (7.4-10.5) |
| 65-74 | 208,900 | 135,600 | 344,500 | 19.8 (17.2-22.4) | 12.2 (10.0-14.4) | 15.9 (14.3-17.5) |
| 75+ | 213,200 | 160,100 | 373,300 | 32.1 (27.1-37.0) | 20.3 (17.5-23.1) | 25.7 (23.1-28.2) |
| Persons (number/age-standardized ratec) | 640,800 | 509,300 | 1,150,200 | 6.5 (5.9-7.0) | 4.8 (4.3-5.3) | 5.6 (5.2-5.9) |
aDue to rounding, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
bCI is a statistical term describing a range (interval) of values within which we can be “confident” that the true value lies, usually because it has a 95% or higher chance of doing so.
cAge-standardized to the 2001 Australian Standard Population (Source: AIHW analysis of ABS 2019).