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Following the release of a landmark biomedical health survey, the National Heart Foundation of Australia says cardiovascular disease will remain a major contributor the the gap in life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.
Today鈥檚 release forms part of the largest and most comprehensive biomedical health survey ever听conducted on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.
The results, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Aboriginal and Torres听Strait Islander Health Survey: Biomedical Results, 2012鈥�13 听reveal:

• Two in three (65.3%) had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease,听that is, they were taking cholesterol-lowering medication or had one or more of听high total cholesterol, lower than normal levels of HDL (good) cholesterol, high听LDL (bad) cholesterol or high triglycerides.


• A quarter (25.0%) had high cholesterol, but only around one in ten (9.1%) of听this group were aware they had it.


• 听Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were nearly twice as likely to have听high triglycerides (rate ratio 1.9).

The health survey showed the risk factors for heart disease are greater for Aboriginal and听Torres Strait Islander people and far worse in remote areas.
Heart Foundation鈥檚 National Cardiovascular Health Director Dr Robert Grenfell said听this survey highlights the need for stronger investment in prevention and shows that听we need to keep working hard on risk factor identification and management for people听at high risk of heart disease.
鈥淭o help close the gap we need every Indigenous patient, regardless of where they听live, to be provided with the same level of health care as non-Indigenous Australians,鈥澨鼶r Grenfell said.
One interesting finding from the survey was that Indigenous Australians are more听likely to be taking cholesterol lowering drugs. One in five Aboriginal and Torres Strait听Islander peoples are taking cholesterol lowering medications compared to one in eight听for non-Indigenous Australians.
Dr Grenfell said this is an indication that access to health services for Aboriginal and听Torres Strait Islander people has improved, but certainly more needs to be done.
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The biomedical survey is conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and funded听by the Department of Health and Ageing and the Heart Foundation.
Voluntary blood and urine samples were tested from 3,300 survey respondents听across the country.
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