Public Health Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease

The assignment explores the impact of chronic kidney disease on Australia's population, particularly indigenous and non-indigenous populations. It discusses the prevalence and burden of the disease, as well as health policies and strategies developed to address it. The study highlights that chronic kidney disease is a significant public health concern in Australia, with higher rates among indigenous populations. It also emphasizes the importance of addressing the underlying causes of the disease, including diabetes and genetic factors, to develop effective prevention and management strategies.

PUBLIC HEALTH CHRONIC KIDNEY
DISEASE AND CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE

Table of Contents
Prevalence (health statistics) of this Chronic Kidney disease for the Australian population &
Comparing indigenous and non-Indigenous populations............................................................3
Outlining the burden of this chronic disease (DALY/YLL) for the Australian population........3
Outlining any health policies/strategies which have been developed in association with this....4
References .......................................................................................................................................5

TOPIC: PUBLIC HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA: RESEARCH THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC DISEASE ON
AUSTRALIA’S POPULATION
Prevalence (health statistics) of this Chronic Kidney disease for the Australian population &
Comparing indigenous and non-Indigenous populations
The chronic diseases consists of different varies disease which has be direct impact on the
human body with its long lasting and persistent effect. It consists of diseases such as Cancer,
Chronic kidney disease and mental health (Wong and et.al., 2016). Along with that, diabetes,
respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD as well as oral health are also included which do
affect the population of Australia to a great extent. According to the statistics during 2012-13 one
out of five aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people above the age of 18 were suffering from
this disease.
However, for indigenous people Stage 1 chronic kidney disease is indicated three times as
likely. On the other hand, it is more than four times as likely as to have among non-indigenous
population of Australia (Luke and et.al., 2016). It is also noticed that more than 40% of people
over the age of 75 years have an incidence of chronic kidney diseases. These people are also at
greater risk to have two to three fold cardiac death than people without the disease. This prevails
commonly among indigenous and non-indigenous population of Australia.
Outlining the burden of this chronic disease (DALY/YLL) for the Australian population
As per the study conducted by Gao and et.al., (2007), it is identified that globally it is
identified that incidence of end stage renal disease is higher among aboriginal; but the specific
reasons for the disease is yet to be identified. Moving on to the part of burden, it can be said that
it is more among aboriginal and it is also believed to be influenced by the rising incidence of
diabetes. Thus, it can be said that diabetes is one of the reasons that leads to such health problem
in the population of Australia.
From the recent study, it is also analyzed that higher rates of ESRD may be driven by
more rapid progression of kidney dysfunction among individuals who have more CKD. Thus, as
a result this brings higher risks like as heavier proteinuria as well as genetic and environmental
factors (Thompson and et.al., 2016). It is also identified that extensive progression in the same
disease is required to be resolved as this brings implications for the development of strategies
which also aids in decreasing ESRD rates among the Australian population.

Outlining any health policies/strategies which have been developed in association with this
The national strategic framework for chronic condition has been developed in order to
ensure the partnership with territories and strategies This enables government of Australia took
over the department of health and accordingly take the suitable action for offering remedy for the
people suffering from disease (Jesudason & Clifton, 2016). It was released in the year 2016
through which affected people are treated by taking action. With the development of this
framework extensive support will be provided for range of health refer activities in order to
ensure the prevention and management of chronic condition in Australia (Gopinath and et.al.,
2016).

REFERENCES
Gao, S. and et.al. (2007). Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Survival among Aboriginal
People. Journal of the American society of Nephrology.
Gopinath, B., Harris, D. C., Flood, V. M., Burlutsky, G., & Mitchell, P. (2016). Associations
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Jesudason, D., & Clifton, P. (2016). Limitations of using the Chronic Kidney Disease–
Epidemiology Collaboration equation for measuring renal function in obese
populations. Kidney international, 89(6), 1400-1401.
Luke, J. N. and et.al., (2016). Nutritional predictors of chronic disease in a Central Australian
Aboriginal cohort: A multi-mixture modelling analysis. Nutrition, Metabolism and
Cardiovascular Diseases, 26(2), 162-168.
Thompson, M. and et.al., (2016). Kidney function as a determinant of HDL and triglyceride
concentrations in the Australian population. Journal of clinical medicine, 5(3), 35.
Wong, G. and et.al., (2016). Chronic kidney disease and the risk of cancer: an individual patient
data meta-analysis of 32,057 participants from six prospective studies. BMC
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