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Social and Economic Factors

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Social and Economic Factors

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2Socioeconomic status The Aboriginal people die at tender ages because they are faced with health disabilities resultingfrom low quality of health. This is the reason as to why their health is termed as ‘third worldhealth in a first nation’. There are some social and economic factors such as poverty, education,social class, race, employment, income and housing services which determine the health ofpeople (Mulders-Jones et al., 2017). The Aboriginals are concentrated in distressed urban areaswhile others live in rural areas, unemployed, and practice unhealthy behaviors like alcoholism,smoking and drug abuse, lack basic education, poor transport systems and low to no income.Lack of employment means that they have low incomes hence cannot access good healthservices and lead poor lifestyles, as compared to the non-Aboriginal Australians. Cardiovascular diseasesIn Australia, cardiovascular diseases are a common health problem among the Aboriginalspopulation. This is due to the risky behaviors which are prevalent among Aboriginals ascompared to non-Aboriginal Australians. Moreover, cases of overweight are common among thispopulation due to poor lifestyles like poor feeding habits and patterns. Generally, the modifiablerisk factors of cardiovascular diseases among Aboriginals include overweight, obesity, smokingand hypertension (Crinall et al., 2017). This disease is high among this population due to the factthat the Aboriginals live in rural areas where there is lack of health programs, and they haveconserved cultures that affect uptake of treatments, and possible discrimination, as compared tonon-Aboriginals. Mental healthThe mental health problems like depression and anxiety are higher in Aboriginals that non-Aboriginal Australians. This has led to increased cases of suicide among the young people and
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