Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the term used for heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases. It is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 34% of all deaths in Australia in 2006. Cardiovascular disease kills one Australian nearly every 10 minutes. Cardiovascular disease:
- affects more than 3.4 million Australians
- prevents 1.4 million people from living a full life because of disability caused by the disease
- affects one in five Australians, and affects two out of three families
- claimed the lives of almost 48,500 Australians (34% of all deaths) in 2008 - deaths that are often preventable.
The NHMRC investment in research into cardiovascular disease in 2011 is more than $107million for 590 active research grants, up from $100 million in 2010. In the 10 years since 2002, the NHMRC has provided more that $722 million for Cardiovascular Disease, an annualized increase of 10% over the decade.
Cardiovascular Disease - research funding summary
|
Calender Year |
Financial Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
2002 |
$37,378,165 |
2002-03 |
$40,426,959 |
|
2003 |
$43,647,566 |
2003-04 |
$46,278,985 |
|
2004 |
$49,408,128 |
2004-05 |
$54,356,521 |
|
2005 |
$60,615,057 |
2005-06 |
$61,578,614 |
|
2006 |
$66,026,989 |
2006-07 |
$68,452,210 |
|
2007 |
$73,362,565 |
2007-08 |
$80,833,612 |
|
2008 |
$87,717,595 |
2008-09 |
$91,716,692 |
|
2009 |
$97,045,885 |
2009-10 |
$96,631,524 |
|
2010 |
$100,002,080 |
2010-11 |
$103,135,295 |
|
2011 |
$107,138,151 |
2011-12 |
$92,423,851 |
Cardiovascular Disease - dataset
|
NHPA Type |
Date |
Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Cardiovascular Disease (all CVD and selected summary) dataset (XLS, 4.3MB) |
20/12/2011 |
Updated |
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