Disparity In Aboriginal Health Care

The Health of today’s Indigenous Australians is burdened with chronic and communicable disease, infant mortality and morbidity, substance misuse, poor nutrition, emotional distress, increased hospitalization, lower levels of access to health care, and are at a greater socio-economic disadvantage than other Australians. This has become a national health priority as the decline in health in Indigenous Australians has led to a more than seventeen year gap in life expectancy than other Australians.
Indigenous Australians suffer from many preventative diseases, illnesses and disabilities at a greater rate than other Australians. Cardiovascular disease is the largest contributor to the disparity in health experienced by Indigenous Australians,