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INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND DIABETES 1INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND DIABETESBy Institutional affiliationDate
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INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND DIABETES 2Indigenous Australians in Relation to DiabetesThe Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginalpeople in Australia suffer Diabetes very often. The UTS refers the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander as being Indigenous. Among those suffering from diabetes, foot complications have become the major contribution to the mortality as well as morbidity led the chronic illness. Diabetes Australia was formed as the national body that involved people with diabetes and as well as those at risk among the Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal. Till to date, Diabetes Australian organization is committed towards reducing the impact of diabetes. Mitigating the effects of diabetes has been the major goal of Diabetes Australia all along. This is because the community has suffered health issues for a long time. Theaim of this paper is to evaluate the factors contributing to increased rates of diabetes as well as other health issues among Australian Indigenous, compared to non-indigenous.The 2012-13 health data in relation to Diabetes among the indigenous Australian The health report of 2012–13 concluded that indigenous were likely to be obese and acquire highblood pressure compared to the non-indigenous population. In fact, the 2012-13 report shows that more than 11 percent of the indigenous group who are 18 years and above were diabetic. After the age differences adjustment within the two populations, it was 3 times more in comparison to non-indigenous population (Thomas et al. 2014). This included approximately 9.6percent of Indigenous individuals having recognized diabetes as well as 1.5 percent newly diagnosed with the disease using the blood experiment outcomes. The blood test suggested that around 14 percent having diabetes was not diagnosed previously.
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INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND DIABETES 3Concerning the non-Indigenous adults having diabetes, 18 percent were not diagnosed in the previous test. However, the total number of indigenous adults suffering from diabetes was three times higher than the number of non-indigenous. The ratio rate for those not diagnosed previously two times higher (Thomas et al.2014). Besides,5 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community already had blood test indicating compromised fasting plasma glucose. This meant that they were at risk of having diabetes and besides 1.8 times the number ofthe non-indigenous. Among those aboriginal adults both male and female with acknowledged diabetes, approximately 61 percent had the blood test revealing that the disorder was not being well managed (West et al. 2017).Therefore, it the rates were 1.4 times higher the number of the non-indigenous within Australia. Besides, half the number of those with diabetes among the indigenous group had signs of acute kidney disease.Demographic profile of the indigenous in AustraliaThe measured rates for Australians Indigenous adults with diabetes were double the number in remote zones in comparison to those living in non-remote sectors. However, both menand women had equal rates of diabetes among the indigenous. The high rates of diabetes were generally found in remote locations compared to non-remote places. This is because; health services in remote areas where most indigenous people live were poor (Kendall et al. 2015).Notably, the indigenous were less likely to afford fruits daily compared to non-indigenous hence contributing to high risks of diabetes. Among the Indigenous Australians, problems of diabetes began in younger age group among the indigenous. The rates of diabetes were higher among people with 35 years and above (Ekinciet al.2015). Therefore, upon reaching 55 years and above, more than 1/3 of Indigenous people had diabetes.
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