The stakes are high

1.8 million Australians live with diabetes. People with diabetes are 8 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, and develop other complications like kidney disease, dementia, and several types of cancer.

$12 Billion per year
Heart disease is the most expensive disease in Australia (2012–13).

1 in 6
As many as one in six Australians will suffer a stroke.

57,000
Every year, 57,000 Australians suffer a heart attack.

Lethal
Cardiac arrest is lethal within minutes and on average less than 10 per cent of victims survive!