Sentences with phrase «life expectancy gap»

The day gives people the opportunity to show their support for closing the 12 - 17 - year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians.

«The agreement to move forward with a long - term action health plan to close the Indigenous life expectancy gap within a generation is a major step.

Tens of thousands of Australians are set to pledge their support for closing the 10 — 17 year Indigenous life expectancy gap in events around the country as part of National Close the Gap Day tomorrow (Thursday March 24).

I'm highly optimistic that if we work together, politicians with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples supported by the Australian public, we can achieve the goal of closing the health and life expectancy gap by 2030.

the main components of life expectancy gap — chronic disease (cardiovascular disease (CVD), renal, diabetes), injuries and respiratory infections account for 75 % of the gap.

As a result of a two year campaign led by my Office, in March 2008, the Prime Minister and every major indigenous and non-indigenous organisation from the health, human rights, reconciliation and NGO sectors committed to a new relationship with the express purpose of eliminating the 17 year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by the year 2030.

Australian governments must join forces with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to urgently address the national shame of a widening life expectancy gap for our nation's First Peoples.The Close the Gap campaign will today release a...

Australian governments must join forces with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to urgently address the national shame of a widening life expectancy gap for our nation's First Peoples.

closing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy gap within a generation; and

Smoking is a major preventable contributor to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy gap due to the high rates of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases associated with it.

The implementation of the Health Plan provides a significant opportunity to address many of the challenges to closing the health and life expectancy gap raised in this report.

The Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee put in a submission to the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, saying fighting racism is important for closing the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

The commitment to close the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and life expectancy gap by 2030 was a watershed moment for the nation.

«We committed to close the health and life expectancy gap within a generation: by 2030.

«The Australian Government signed the Statement of Intent to close the Indigenous life expectancy gap in March 2008 and today's announcement is critically important to seeing through that commitment,» Mr Gooda said.

By 2030, West Side United hopes to cut that life expectancy gap in half.

The government has launched a new web - based tool to help reduce the life expectancy gap between England's wealthiest and most deprived areas.

Dr Bobbie Jacobson, vice-chair of the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) and director of the London Health Observatory said: «The tool is the first of its kind to provide hard - edged, local evidence to planners and commissioners, on the causes of their life expectancy gap and how it can be reduced.

«Life expectancy gap between blacks and whites in U.S. varies considerably across states.»

«There is a life expectancy gap of 11.5 years for Aboriginal males and 9.7 years for Aboriginal females compared to non-Aboriginal Australians.

The cause of this life expectancy gap is complicated, and likely not driven by one single thing.

The WHO also states that the world as a whole is closing the life expectancy gap achieved by the best performing countries in the past century.

The Government has set national targets across six areas, including closing the life expectancy gap within a generation.

If the Federal Government is wanting to continue demonstrating its commitment towards closing the life expectancy gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country, then firstly we must ensure that any new budget announcements to support this work are highlighted in parliament and not just placed on the Treasury website for those interested in budget detail to find out for themselves.

«If we are to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians, racism must be addressed.

While there has been a decline in overall mortality, the target to close the life expectancy gap by 2031 is unlikely to be achieved.

Racism is considered to be critical to closing the health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, as a key social determinant of health, which can lead to other social problems.

AIDA is firmly committed to working across the health education and training sector to achieve Close the Gap's key health targets; namely, to close the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians by 2031, and to halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five by 2018.

The positive outcomes that would flow from increased participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the health workforce are dramatic, and include closing the life expectancy gap within a generation.

It is time to close the health and life expectancy gap and to make sure that any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child born in this country has the same opportunity as other Australian children to live a long, healthy and happy life.

I recognise that it is because of things like the life expectancy gap and over representation in the criminal justice system that drives investment in Indigenous policy and research.

Finding out why Indigenous nurses are not finding employment is an important way to address cultural safety and ultimately close the health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The Close the Gap Campaign believes no Australian government can preside over widening mortality and life expectancy gaps and, yet, maintain targets to close these gaps without additional funding.

Closing the Gap 2015 showed the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is 10.6 years for males and 9.5 years for females.

These investments are a vital step to closing the life expectancy gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities,» said Professor Yeatman.

Official figures (see graph below) show the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory is still the widest in the nation but it is also closing at the fastest rate.

The Croakey Conference Reporting Service's last post from the Health Workforce Australia Conference details how the development of a culturally inclusive, interdisciplinary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health curriculum framework is contributing to closing the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians.

It is the only jurisdiction currently on track to close the life expectancy gap by 2031.

However, we still have a long way to go to close the health and life expectancy gap between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.»

One of the key indicators of success of the Council of Australian Government's «Closing the Gap in Indigenous Disadvantage» initiative is reducing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

«Together we agreed that this would be the generation to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

Suicide rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to throw a confronting spot light on the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

It's about addressing broader health issues like closing the 17 - year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and treating alcoholism and substance abuse.

Today the Close the Gap campaign has released its Shadow Report, an annual report released since 2009 to coincide with the Prime Minister's report back to Parliament, that assesses progress toward closing the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.