Fed: Indigenous health factbox

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2000
Fed: Indigenous health factbox

Facts on indigenous health:



* For each $1 spent on health services for non-Aboriginal Australians, $1.08 is spent
on health services for Aboriginal Australians.



* For each $1 spent on Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for non-Aboriginal
Australians, only about 20 cents was spent on an Aboriginal person.



* Aboriginal Australians have a life expectancy at birth 15 to 20 years less than other
Australians.



* For all causes of death combined, there are 3.5 to 4 times more deaths than expected
among Aboriginal Australians.



* Aboriginal people are two to three times more likely to be hospitalised than non-indigenous
Australians.



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KEYWORD: INDIGENOUS HEALTH (CANBERRA)

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