Cardiovascular Disease
- Kills 1 Australian every 12 minutes
- Affects 1 in 6 Australians
- Responsible for 31% of all deaths in 2011 – deaths that are largely preventable
Coronary heart disease or heart disease
- Kills 59 Australians every day
- 1 Australian dies every 24 minutes
- Responsible for 14% of all deaths in 2011
Heart attack
- Every Year, 55,000 Australians suffer a heart attack
- 1 heart attack every 10 minutes
- Heart attack claimed 9,811 lives in 2011 = 27 Heart attacks each day
Physical Inactivity
- In 2012, 67% of Australians aged 15+ were inactive
- 12 million Australians aged 15 + are inactive!!!!
- If more people were physically active for 30 minutes a day, the Australian health care system could save $1.5 billion per year!