Sentences with phrase «indigenous population»

A time - series of Indigenous population estimates and projections was released in September 2009 in Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2021 (cat.

Without it, the range of Indigenous population statistics published by the ABS and their improving quality would not be possible.

Among the Indigenous population in 2006, 463,900 or 90 % were estimated as being of Aboriginal origin only, 33,100 or 6 % were of Torres Strait Islander origin only, and 20,200 or 4 % were of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin (table 1).

Indigenous people's access to better health care was considered less important because most Australian doctors repeatedly read and believed that Indigenous people were an inferior and primitive race whose demise was inevitable.7 Palliation was all that was required, or «smoothing the pillow of the dying race».7, 16 Some took this palliation more seriously, while many used it to excuse their guilt for suffering caused by colonialism.16 This belief in the doom of the Indigenous population did create a sense of urgency for researchers to collect information about Indigenous people for science before it was too late.

Indigenous peoples currently make up 3.4 percent of the Basin's total population, 15 percent of the national Indigenous population.

In 2006, half of the Indigenous population was aged 21 years or less.

Figures for 30 June 2006 are experimental estimated resident Indigenous population based on results of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.

EXPLANATORY NOTES INTRODUCTION 1 This publication contains experimental estimates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) population of Australia from 30 June 1986 to 30 June 2006, and projections of the Indigenous population from 30 June 2007 to 30 June 2021, based on results of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.

5 Data quality issues relating to Indigenous population estimates for 30 June 2006 derived from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, on which the estimates and projections in this publication are based, are discussed in more detail in paragraphs 9 to 22 of the Explanatory Notes of Experimental Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Jun 2006 (cat.

All ABS Indigenous population statistics are based on responses to the ABS standard question for Indigenous identification, which is used in self - enumerated collections.

As CAEPR have noted, due to the extremely young age structure of the Indigenous population, a significantly high percentage of Indigenous people will be entering working age in the next decade.

Aboriginal peoples in this area make up 3.4 per cent of the Basin's total population and 15 per cent of the national Indigenous population.

This demographic profile of the Indigenous population in Australia also indicates that due to the growth of the Indigenous population, it will be difficult to maintain the current status quo of inequality currently experienced by Indigenous people, yet alone prevent it from deteriorating even further in coming years.

«So when the International AIDS conference is held in a country like Australia or Canada, where there's a resourced Indigenous population that is participating in the HIV response in many different ways, this presents an important opportunity for greater focus on Indigenous issues and Indigenous identity,» they said.

Similarly, the young age structure of the Indigenous population creates significant policy issues for redressing Indigenous disadvantage over the next twenty years - with so many young people entering workforce age, there is the very real prospect that Indigenous unemployment, for example, will dramatically increase in the coming decade.

The graph indicates that the Indigenous population is considerably younger than the non-Indigenous population with a significant proportion of younger Indigenous people and relatively few aged over 65.

that the State party take further steps in order to secure the rights of its indigenous population under article 27 of the Covenant.

Policies and programs will need to be focused on addressing the unique structure of the Indigenous population, and hence will need to be focussed on young Indigenous people and families if they are to make any headway in addressing the inequality experienced by Indigenous families and children.

[15] The study compared the rates of cardiovascular disease in the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Utopia Homeland communities with the rates amongst the Indigenous population of Northern Territory.

«Indigenous policy needs to take into account the needs and aspirations of the Indigenous population.

Incidence of diseases such as asthma and diabetes is significantly higher amongst the Indigenous population.

The Native Title Act does not currently fulfil Australia's human rights obligations to its Indigenous population to the extent the preamble and objects suggest was the original intent of the Australian Parliament.

In 2001, 39 % of Indigenous people were under 15 years of age, compared with 20 % of the non-Indigenous population; and 57 % of the Indigenous population were under the age of 25 years.1

Regional governance mechanisms are also better able to address the great regional variation in the circumstances of the Indigenous population.

One of the purposes of the Council would be to work with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other relevant portfolios to establish baseline measures, across all areas that impact on Indigenous health, and against which progress in improving the health of the Indigenous population might be measured over time.

[11] The remainder of the Indigenous population lives in regional centres.

The ABS has also recently adopted «a broad strategy for providing regular statistical information on the Indigenous population across all areas of social concern».

The Alice Springs Transformation Plan for managed accommodation has received an additional $ 11 million to help combat homelessness and house the large transient Indigenous population in Alice Springs.

They represent more than half of the Indigenous population in Australia, are within the age bracket where death from disease and diabetes is still avoidable, and importantly, have a passion for improving health outcomes.»

Map 2 shows the distribution of Australia's total population across Australia with each dot representing 1,000 people and Map 3 shows the distribution of the Indigenous population across Australia with each dot representing 100 people.

(i) acknowledge and adequately address the long - term disadvantage of the Indigenous population;

The annual rate of growth of the Indigenous population has been estimated at 2.3 % compared with approximately 1.2 % for the non-Indigenous population.

Measures of «success» or «progress» for the Indigenous population must only be defined by Indigenous people themselves.

Conclusions: The burden of psychosis in the Indigenous population of Cape York and the Torres Strait is high.

In this analysis, we aimed to describe and characterise treated psychotic disorders in the Indigenous population of Cape York and the Torres Strait Islands in Far North Queensland.

«Like a pebble thrown into a still pond, the changes that have been observed ripple through the community, in that the impact of these changes have had a profound effect on the Indigenous population, beyond those who access the services provided by ACCHOs,» Dr Davis said.

The treated prevalence rate for psychotic disorders in this Indigenous population is high, particularly among males and people of Aboriginal descent.

It aimed to shift away from the «deficit discourse», and focus instead on the progress that could be mapped through absolute changes in smoking within the Indigenous population.

The PIP - IHI was designed to improve the fit between chronic illness care services and Indigenous population needs.

He came to the post with a long family history of activism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights and a deep understanding of #JustJustice issues, as the former Director of the Koori Justice Unit, which coordinates the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement — a formal partnership agreement between the Victorian Government and senior members of Victoria's Indigenous population set up in the wake of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Cape York and the Torres Strait region cover 7.5 % of Queensland, with a population estimate for 2009 of 24 049 — 0.5 % of Queensland's population.8 Extrapolating from 2006 ethnic breakdown data, 9 the region's Indigenous population in 2009 was estimated at 15 904 (39 % Aboriginal, 45 % Torres Strait Islander, and 16 % both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), of whom 10 217 were aged 15 years and older, and constitute the denominator for the calculation of prevalence rates in this study.

Our finding is supported by hospitalisation data showing that psychotic disorders are common and increasing in the Indigenous population of Far North Queensland.8 These disorders are associated with substance misuse and a surprisingly high rate of intellectual disability.

There is the perception that this is but one «small problem among many», affecting (it is assumed) a diminishing proportion of the Australian Indigenous population.

The offer of inclusiveness to Indigenous Australians without consideration of the rights and values inherent within Indigenous cultures sounds all too much like invitation to conform to mainstream Australian society without extending a reciprocal invitation to non-Indigenous Australia to examine its relationship to the Indigenous population.

Provide to young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people an opportunity to be involved in developing policies and programs designed to assist them, recognising that these young people represent a substantial proportion of the Indigenous population.

The Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA), under the leadership of Charles Perkins, held 16 regional consultations to promote the idea of the NACC and to mobilise the Indigenous population to vote in the subsequent NACC elections.

The CDEP scheme plays a central role in the economic and community life of many discrete Indigenous communities and rural towns with a significant Indigenous population.

The Indigenous population is an extremely young one, with more than half of the population under the age of 25 years of age.

the significantly higher burden of disease and poorer health in the Indigenous population when compared to the non-Indigenous population;

This was estimated to be 1.3 % in the non-Indigenous population and 6 % in the Indigenous population.