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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: An Overview

"The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011". This report is a summary publication of Indigenous health and welfare statistics prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Together with a series of articles available online from the AIHW Indigenous observatory and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, it provides a comprehensive statistical picture of Indigenous health and welfare. Topics covered in the publication include: demographic characteristics; determinants of health and welfare; health and functioning; mortality and life expectancy; health across the life stages; health care and other support services; and health and welfare expenditure.

AIHW catalogue number (IHW42).

Indigenous observatory papers (available on the internet only):

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child safety
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability
Access to health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
A profile of homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Comparing life expectancy of indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States
Contribution of chronic disease to the gap in adult mortality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Australians
Eye health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Life expectancy and mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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