ABC News Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:14 AEST Report shows contrast in life expectancy for Aborigines A new report has highlighted the vast contrast in life expectancy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. More than half of Aboriginal men die before the age of 50. The findings come from an Australian Bureau of Statistics report on deaths between 1995 and 1997. It found 53 per cent of indigenous men and 41 per cent of women die before the age of 50, compared to 13 and 7 per cent for non-indigenous people. The higher death rate is most pronounced between the ages of 35 and 54, when indigenous people are seven times more likely to die than non-indigenous people. The most common causes of death for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are circulatory disease, injury, respiratory disease, cancer and diabetes. � 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation -- _________________________________ Truth is a pathless land. --- Krishnamurti ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
