Raised blood pressure is the leading risk factor for death in Australia (IMAGE)

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Raised blood pressure is the leading risk factor for death in Australia

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The ranking in the contribution of risk factors towards all-cause, CVD, IHD and stroke deaths by males and females in 1990, 2010, and 2019, with percentage change and 95% UI in age-standardised deaths.

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Image Credit: Xu et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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