Table 1 Absolute and annualized % change in age-standardized death rates (per 100,000) from specific DKOLH-CVD causes, 35–74 years, Australia (2011–2016) and the USA (2011–2017)

From: The role of overweight and obesity in adverse cardiovascular disease mortality trends: an analysis of multiple cause of death data from Australia and the USA

	Australia (2011–2016)				USA (2011–2017)
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	Abs. chg.	% chg.	Abs. chg.	% chg.	Abs. chg.	% chg.	Abs. chg.	% chg.
Diabetes	+ 0.4	+ 0.2	− 0.6	− 0.6	+ 3.5	+ 0.8	− 0.4	− 0.2
Hypertensive heart disease	+ 0.4	+ 0.2	− 2.1	− 1.7	+ 19.0	+ 2.6	+ 7.0	+ 1.7
Chronic kidney disease	+ 2.9	+ 4.0	+ 1.5	+ 3.4	+ 10.5	+ 6.2	+ 6.0	+ 5.6
Lipidemias	+ 1.7	+ 3.1	+ 0.6	+ 2.6	+ 2.0	+ 1.7	+ 1.1	+ 1.8
Obesity	+ 2.0	+ 5.1	+ 1.1	+ 4.2	+ 5.6	+ 5.3	+ 3.0	+ 4.1
DKOLH-CVD	+ 1.2	+ 0.3	− 2.1	− 1.0	+ 21.4	+ 2.0	+ 7.9	+ 1.3

These figures measure reporting of these causes on the death certificate with CVD MCOD. DKOLH-CVD does not equal to the sum of specific causes because of multiple reporting of these causes per death
Abs. chg absolute change, % chg percentage change

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