Incidence of and Case Fatality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Western Australians (2000–2004): A Linked Data Study

Initial hospitalisation for atrial fibrillation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in Western Australia

“…Given the substantial difference in age structure between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations,12 the known early onset of CVD in Aboriginals10 14 16 and the marked variation in incidence rate ratios for other CVDs over the life span,14–16 cases were separated into two broad age groups (20–54 and 55–84 years, 54.8 years being the mean age for Aboriginal patients) for analysis of baseline characteristics, incidence rates and mortality. Baseline characteristics of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cases were compared using t tests and χ 2 tests to determine significance.…”

“…The occurrence of many CVDs associated with AF is substantially higher in Aboriginal Australians, with rate ratios being much higher at younger ages and among women 10. Evidence of this has been documented in recent studies of rheumatic heart disease (RHD),13 acute myocardial infarction,14 15 heart failure (HF)16 and stroke,17 yet AF in Aboriginal Australians remains poorly described in the literature. This study aimed to describe differences in the clinical profile and incidence between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with first-ever hospitalisations with AF in Western Australia (WA) 2000–2009.…”

Low rate of inflammatory bowel disease in the Australian indigenous paediatric population

“…Furthermore, people of Indigenous descent have adopted diet and life-style patterns that have resulted in as high, if not higher, incidences of 'developedcountry diseases' such as type I diabetes mellitus and heart disease as are found among non-Indigenous people. 4 Therefore, the Australian Indigenous population appears to contradict the trend of increase in IBD rates with movement of populations to more 'developed' environs. These data suggest that Indigenous Australians may have an unidentified resilience to developing IBD; it is unclear if genetic or environmental factors are implicated.…”

Diabetic foot disease in Indigenous people

“…In a recent study from Western Australia, the Indigenous agestandardized case fatality was 1.5-times higher than those of the non-Indigenous population aged 55-74 years [29]. In New Zealand, Maoris were significantly more likely to be at high cardiovascular risk than non-Maori (odds ratio: 2.07; 95% CI: 1.51-2.84) [30].…”