Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders make up 3% of the Australian population.
Pick any health statistic and Indigenous Australian patients fare worse – infant mortality, childhood malnutrition, sexually transmitted diseases, cataracts, mental illness, suicide, diabetes, organ failure, the list goes on.
In a country where a newborn can expect to live to age 85, 45% of Aboriginal men and 34% of women die before the age of 45.
Nearly three quarters die before they reach age 65.
More Bangladeshis reach age 65 than Aboriginals.
The United Nations concludes Aboriginal quality of life as amongst the worst in the world.
Pick any health statistic and Indigenous Australian patients fare worse – infant mortality, childhood malnutrition, sexually transmitted diseases, cataracts, mental illness, suicide, diabetes, organ failure, the list goes on.
In a country where a newborn can expect to live to age 85, 45% of Aboriginal men and 34% of women die before the age of 45.
Nearly three quarters die before they reach age 65.
More Bangladeshis reach age 65 than Aboriginals.
The United Nations concludes Aboriginal quality of life as amongst the worst in the world.
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