• Med. J. Aust. · Oct 1985

    Comparative Study

    Review of available Aboriginal mortality data, 1980-1982.

    • N Thomson.
    • Med. J. Aust. 1985 Oct 28; 143 (SP9): S46S49S46-9.

    AbstractAn analysis of the available population and death data confirms that the level of Aboriginal mortality is significantly higher than that of the total Australian population. The mortality of Aborigines in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1980-1982 was twice that of the total Australian population in 1981; for the Northern Territory, and for 14 Queensland and five South Australian Aboriginal communities the level was 3-31/2 times higher. In 1980-1981, Aboriginal mortality in country regions of New South Wales was 41/2 times the 1981 Australian total population level. In 1980-1982, specific indices of Aboriginal fetal and infant mortality in these regions and for Western Australia (excluding the Kimberley region) were generally at least 2-4 times those of non-Aboriginal Australians, and up to 7 times higher for deaths occurring after the neonatal period.

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