Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Australia accounted for an estimated 90 per cent of all mortality in 2008. The most prevalent NCDs in Australia are cardiovascular diseases, which accounted for 35 per cent of total deaths across all age groups in 2008, and cancers, accounting for 29 per cent of all deaths. Non-communicable variants of respiratory diseases and diabetes contributed six per cent and three per cent to total mortality respectively (2008).
