100,000 SA and NT), which indicates an improvement in health status for the Indigenous population overall. Circulatory Persons n/a n/a 23 n/a n/a 20 Deaths caused by circulatory disease: reporting disease the most common Aboriginal heart and cause of death for Aboriginal and Torres circulatory and Torres Strait Islander Strait conditions, people declined by 29% Islander age between1997 and 2008 (in people WA, SA and NT). reporting Current trends (2001-08) heart and proportion show a decline in death circulatory rates due to circulatory conditions disease for both Indigenous (by age, sex and non-Indigenous and Australians, so while death remoteness) due to circulatory disease crude rate has declined for Indigenous
100,000 SA and NT), which indicates an improvement in health status for the Indigenous population overall. Circulatory disease: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reporting heart and circulatory conditions (by age, sex and remoteness) crude rate Persons reporting heart and circulatory conditions, age proportion n/a n/a 23 n/a n/a 20 Deaths caused by circulatory disease the most common cause of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people declined by 29% between1997 and 2008 (in WA, SA and NT). Current trends (2001-08) show a decline in death rates due to circulatory disease for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, so while death due to circulatory disease has declined for Indigenous
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