Just released: Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2011

The Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2011 has been released and is now freely available from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet website. It provides a comprehensive summary of the most recent indicators of the health of Indigenous people.

The Overview contains information about:

• the context of Indigenous health
• births and pregnancy outcomes
• mortality
• hospitalisation
• selected health conditions (cardiovascular health, cancer, diabetes, social and emotional wellbeing, kidney health, injury, respiratory health, communicable disease, eye health, ear health, oral health and disability)
• health risk and protective factors (nutrition, physical activity, bodyweight, immunisation, breastfeeding, tobacco smoking, alcohol use and illicit drug use).

There have been significant reductions in recorded mortality in recent years, and there have been substantial improvements in the overall impact of many infectious diseases partly due to immunisation programs.

The Overview has been prepared by the HealthInfoNet as part of its effort to help 'close the gap' by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. The HealthInfoNet makes relevant high quality knowledge and information readily accessible to policy makers, health service providers, program managers, clinicians, researchers and the general community.

Contacts

Spokesperson:

Professor Neil Thomson
Director
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Ph: (08) 9370 6062
Email: n.thomson@ecu.edu.au

Media contact:

Tara Hoyne
Development & Marketing Manager
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Ph: (08) 9370 6109
Email: t.hoyne@ecu.edu.au

Links

• View publication: Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2011
• View publication: Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2011