Sentences with phrase «indigenous life expectation»

More broadly we recommended that the work of the National Preventative Health Taskforce in relation to Indigenous peoples be located within a long - term national plan of action for achieving equality in Indigenous life expectation and health equality by 2030.

It proposed a series of performance indicators attached to the AHCAs including in relation to Indigenous life expectation and infant mortality.

That the Australian Government establish a monitoring body or mechanism to monitor the activities of the range of government agencies with varying degrees of responsibility for Indigenous health with the primary aim of supporting the Australian Government's target of achieving Indigenous life expectation and health equality by 2030.

Not exact matches

Under the life expectation estimation formula adopted by the ABS in 2003, [34] Indigenous males» life expectation was estimated to be 59.4 years over 1996 - 2001, while female life expectation was estimated to be 64.8 years: a life expectation inequality gap when compared to the general Australian population of approximately 17 years for the same five year period.

In a submission made to Infrastructure Australia in July 2008, the Steering Committee stated that they believed that an address to infrastructure needs in Indigenous communities falls within that remit, pertaining not only to economic development in those communities, but also to the Australian Government's goal of providing the necessary infrastructure by 2018 to support the achievement of Indigenous health and life expectation equality by 2030, as set out in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Statement of Intent.

Since 2006, and with the leadership of the Social Justice Commissioner, Australia's peak Indigenous and non-Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations have been working as a coalition to achieve health and life expectation equality for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Although comparisons should be made with caution (because of the way different countries calculate life expectation) data from the late 1990s suggests Indigenous males in Australia live between 8.8 and 13.5 years less than Indigenous males in Canada, New Zealand and the USA; and Indigenous females in Australia live between 10.9 and 12.6 years less than Indigenous females in these countries.

I believe that the COAG commitments, the signing of the Close the Gap Statement of Intent and the development of the Indigenous Health Equality Targets mark a watershed in the history of Indigenous health: the moment when we dared to take our dreams of a future in which Indigenous and non - Indigenous Australians stand as equals in terms of health and life expectation and began to turn them into reality; the moment when we said «enough is enough» and began to set in place an ambitious, yet realistic, plan to bring Indigenous health inequality to an end within our lifetimes.

Although international comparisons should be made with some caution because of the different formulae with which life expectation is calculated between jurisdictions, with reference to the 2005 United Nation's Human Development Index Indigenous peoples appear to have a life expectation approximating that of the people of Turkmenistan (62.4 years).

In contrast, while figures are not available, much smaller gains appear to have occurred in the Indigenous population contributing to the development of a 17 year life expectation gap.

The gap is the big one between the health status and life expectation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

That the commitments made by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the Australian Government in relation to the achievement of Indigenous health status and life expectation equality by 2030, as set out in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Summit Statement of Intent, inform the findings of the Review, and provide its broader context.

The ABS has not released a life expectation estimate for Indigenous peoples for the years 2002 on.

Indigenous peoples» life expectation appears to be similar to that of people in developing countries.

The Social Justice Report 2005 identified a need for fundamental change to our approach if things were to improve, and Indigenous Australians to stand as equals, in terms of health and life expectation, with other Australians.

Approximately 30 years ago, life expectation for Indigenous peoples in Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America was, like Indigenous peoples in Australia today, significantly lower than that of the respective non-Indigenous populations of those countries.