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Falls in Indigenous infant mortality rates, but wide disparities still exist: ABS & AIHW.
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April 29, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 April 2008-AIHW: Falls in Indigenous infant mortality rates, but wide disparities still exist: ABS & AIHW(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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A joint report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that there have been some improvements in the health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
There were significant falls in mortality rates for Indigenous babies between 1991 and 2005 in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the only jurisdictions for which data were available for the full period and of sufficient ...
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