Diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia

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Executive Summary
This report discusses about the problem of diabetes among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people of Australia. The higher percentage of affected population and higher
mortality rate of the chosen population is a serious area of concern for the Government of
Australia. Moreover, the female population are the mostly affected by this disease and
mortality rate is also higher among them. Hence, Government should take care of this issue
and a proper intervention plan is required to address it.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
The nature of the health problem...........................................................................................................3
Population affected by the problem.......................................................................................................3
Magnitude of the health problem...........................................................................................................4
Proximal and distal determinants of the health problem........................................................................4
Features of this population....................................................................................................................5
Public health intervention strategy........................................................................................................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6