The challenge of health inequalities in rural and remote Australia

Title: The challenge of health inequalities in rural and remote Australia
Creator: May, Jenny; Koh, Colleen
Relation: Determining the Future: A Fair Go and Health For All p. 143-157
Relation: http://www.connorcourt.com/catalog1/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=169#.U79DPbGSHbw
Publisher: Connor Court Publishing
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2011
Description: In general, Australians enjoy good health status, with a life expectancy that is among the highest in the world. However, substantial health inequalities and inequities exist between certain population subgroups in Australia and, in aggregate, those living in rural and remote Australia are relatively disadvantaged. Health outcomes of Australians deteriorate with increasing remoteness. Life expectancy was on average 1-2 years lower in regional areas and seven years lower in remote areas than in major cities. These differentials are not totally accounted for by the much poorer health status of the larger proportion of Indigenous people living in rural and remote areas, meaning that residence in sparser and more remote areas is itself a health risk factor.
Subject: rural health; remote Australia; health inequalities; life expectancy
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1053538
Identifier: uon:15614
Identifier: ISBN:9781921421952
Language: eng

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