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Review of available Aboriginal mortality data. 1980‐1982
Author(s) -
Thomson Neil
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb120101.x
Subject(s) - demography , geography , population , australian population , mortality rate , northern territory , infant mortality , socioeconomics , archaeology , sociology
An analysis of the available population and death data confirms that the level of Aboriginal mortality is significantly higher than that of the total Australian population. The mortality of Aborigines in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1980‐1982 was twice that of the total Australian population in 1981; for the Northern Territory, and for 14 Queensland and five South Australian Aboriginal comunities the level was 3‐3 times higher. In 1980‐1981, Aboriginal mortality in country regions of New South Wales was 4½ times the 1981 Australian total population level. In 1980‐1982, specific indices of Aboriginal fetal and infant mortality in these regions and for Western Australia (excluding the Kimberley region) were generally at least 2‐4 times those of non‐Aboriginal Australians, and up to 7 times higher for deaths occurring after the neonatal period.