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Article: Aboriginal health still grim.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- August 31, 2003
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Aug 31, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)
The fourth edition of a report into the health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people has been released. Attending the launch of the biennial report, compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, Ted Wilkes, the Centre for Developmental Health's associate professor, says he believes the health and longevity of indigenous people will improve over the next decade. The report says that the estimated Aboriginal population is 458,500 (2.4% of Australia's total), 50% of whom are under 21. Professor Fiona Stanley, of the Telethon Institute for ...