Indigenous health statistics of Australia Assignment 2022

Indigenous health statistics of Australia

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HEALTH STATISTICS OF ABORIGINAL POPULATION
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Statistics of health of indigenous Australians............................................................................2
Birth rate in indigenous population........................................................................................2
Death rate in indigenous population......................................................................................2
Cancer rate in indigenous population.....................................................................................2
Cardiovascular health of indigenous population....................................................................2
Diabetes rate in indigenous population..................................................................................3
Kidney health of Aboriginal population................................................................................3
Respiratory health of indigenous population.........................................................................3
Mental health of Aboriginal population.................................................................................3
Disease rate in indigenous population....................................................................................4
Analysis of various aspects of health of indigenous Australians...............................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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HEALTH STATISTICS OF ABORIGINAL POPULATION
Introduction
In this assignment, an analysis will be done over the various aspects of indigenous health and
cultural safety of the people of Australia. The various diseases rates will be analysed in order
to understand the health conditions of indigenous population of Australia.
Statistics of health of indigenous Australians
Indigenous health of Australians is a parameter to measure the health conditions of the
aboriginal people of the country. Indigenous population is only 3.3% of the total population
of the country; still their ratio of suffering from diseases is very high (infonet, 2020).
Analyses of some of the disease rate are as follows
Birth rate in indigenous population
The annual growth rate of aboriginal population of the country is 2.2%. The general growth
rate of Australian population is only 1.6%. The country is also worried about expanding
number of aboriginal population (spirit, Aboriginal population in Australia, 2020).
Death rate in indigenous population
Poor health conditions are responsible for a higher death rate of Aboriginal population of the
country. The death rate in indigenous population of Australia is 9.271 deaths per 1000 people
which are quite higher than normal death rate that is 7.3 per 1000 people (indexmundi, 2020).
Cancer rate in indigenous population
According to the statistics of Australian government, 2917 indigenous people died from
cancer in years 2012 to 2016. Indigenous Australian have only 48% chances to survive with
cancer whereas other Australians have 59% survival rate after having cancer (Australia,
2020).
Cardiovascular health of indigenous population
12% of total deaths in aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are caused by heart
diseases in 2017. They are 70% more likely to die from heart diseases as comparative from
the general population of Australia (Foundation, 2020).