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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.

Over 2005 - 2007 and 2010 - 2012 the life expectancy gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men closed by 0.8 years, and for women by only 0.1 years.

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.

Not exact matches

A Ted Talk by British researcher Richard Wilkinson, for example, focuses on the harm to society that results from economic inequality — notably the gaps within (not between) societies, which includes life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality, crime, teenage births, obesity and mental illness.

Because the average life expectancy of males, females, and married couples is 82, 85, and 89, respectively, and the probability that one member of a married couple will live to age 95 is 18 percent for the average American, it is reasonable to anticipate that replacing static retirement periods with survival probabilities will provide evidence of even greater consumption gaps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010).

«Health and wealth are directly linked and, unless we tackle the income gap, we could well see life expectancy actually starting to fall for the first time in the poorest areas,» said lead researcher Professor Danny Dorling.

Men tend to be more adversely impacted by deprivation than women, with the gap in life expectancy at age 30 between the top and bottom one per cent of deprived neighbourhoods at 10.9 years for men and 8.4 years for women.

The COAG Reform Council's report Indigenous Reform 2012 - 13: five years of performance, shows that over five years, the national gap to non-Indigenous life expectancy narrowed by 0.8 years for men and just 0.1 years for women.

Women continue to outlive men by more than four years but the gender gap is closing — on average life expectancy for women increased by two months per year over the last decade, for men it was three months.

Researchers from La Trobe University wrote an opinion piece for The Conversation arguing that nutrition was key to closing the Aboriginal life expectancy gap, and that this policy area was being sorely neglected.

• Professor Wendy Hoy, from the University of Qld's Centre for Chronic Disease, has weighed up the chances of Australia closing the gap in Indigenous life expectancy by 2030, and judged it «probably unattainable».

They are around twice as likely to be hospitalised or die from injury; six times more likely to die from assault and four times more likely to die from suicide.1 Up to 15 % of the 10 - year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is attributed to mental health conditions, 2 and Indigenous young people aged 12 — 24 years are hospitalised for mental and behavioural disorders three times more often than non-Indigenous young people.3

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 20Gap'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 20gap 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 20gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five by 2018.

It said freedom from racism and right to the highest attainable standard of health were fundamental human rights, and racism not only undermined health (noting a 17 - year gap in life expectancy) but the realisation of these rights for Indigenous Australians.

Although progress has been made in closing the gap, Indigenous Australians continue to experience a lower life expectancy with the current gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous estimated at 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females.

Gordon's vision for rural health includes: closing the life - expectancy gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; cooperative service delivery through multidisciplinary health teams; consumer empowerment for health through health promotion; health education for self - management and illness prevention; the role of the arts in establishing good health; and a broad understanding of the social determinants of health, including education, transport, fresh food, sustainable industries, viable communities etc..

Rheumatic heart disease is responsible for the highest gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; higher than diabetes or kidney failure.

Subsequent speeches will address issues ranging from the very serious problem of a lack of engagement with Indigenous peoples in policy making and significant failures in the whole of government machinery currently in operation federally; to the Northern Territory intervention and child abuse issues; to a positive vision for our communities such as by closing the gap in life expectancy, and creating an equal life chance for Indigenous children.

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

It's been ten years since Australia's Close the Gap campaign was launched, calling for an end to inequalities in life expectancy and other indicators for Aboriginal and Torres St...

The Minister, who this year became Australia's first Indigenous member of a Federal Ministry, told the conference the acknowledgement of racism as a critical component for health in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and he believed the subsequent Implementation Plan has «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Since the first Australian Government report in 2009, the Campaign Steering Committee has provided an annual complementary «shadow» report representing its assessment of progress, including against the COAG Closing the Gap Targets for health and life expectancy equality, and the commitments in the Close the Gap Statement of Intent.

[62] Although within the margin for error, [63] this was taken at face value by the ABS as evidence of a slight reduction in the life expectancy gap of 0.8 years for men and 0.1 years for women since 2005 - 07.

Contribute to closing the gap in life expectancy by improved access to culturally appropriate mainstream primary health services (including but not limited to general practice, allied health and specialist) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Wyatt said the acknowledgement of racism as a critical component for health in the National Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and said he was delighted the Implementation Plan had «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

While Aboriginal people in Victoria have successfully fought for important mechanisms such as the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement and Traditional Owner Settlement Act, our failure to pay reparations for stolen children or stolen wages, deliver land justice, close the gap in life expectancy or prevent overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison, shows we have much to do to make amends and achieve equity.

Similarly, in «rededicating this house to the pursuit of reconciliation,» Mr. Shorten reaffirmed that «as long as the gap in life expectancy, health, education, employment and justice stands between Indigenous Australia and the rest of Australia — then there is unfinished business for us to resolve....

Speeches in the coming months will address the Northern Territory intervention and child abuse issues; the importance of land and culture in creating economic development; as well as speeches outlining a positive vision for our communities such as by closing the gap in life expectancy and health status, and creating an equal life chance for Indigenous children.

On the final day, at the Great Hall, Parliament House, the Prime Minister, Hon Kevin Rudd MP, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon MP, the Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson, as well as the leaders of the Indigenous health peak bodies2and the mainstream health peak bodies3signed a historic Close the Gap Statement of Intent in which they agreed to work together to achieve equality in health status and life expectancy between Indigenous and non - Indigenous Australians by the year 2030.

For multiparty resolve and commitment to close the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and life expectancy equality gap by 2030 to continue, and for policy continuity during the term of the new Australian GovernmeFor multiparty resolve and commitment to close the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and life expectancy equality gap by 2030 to continue, and for policy continuity during the term of the new Australian Governmefor policy continuity during the term of the new Australian Government.

They provided their support for the campaign and reiterated their shared determination to close the gap and achieve life expectancy equality by 2030.

This is intended to contribute to addressing the COAG - agreed closing the gap targets for Indigenous Australians, closing the life expectancy gap within a generation and halving the mortality gap for children under five within a decade.

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

It was my Social Justice Report in 2005 that called for the gap in Indigenous health equality to be closed, challenging governments to commit to closing the life expectancy gap in one generation.

On the final day, at the Great Hall, Parliament House, the Prime Minister, the Hon. Kevin Rudd MP, the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, the Opposition Leader, the Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson MP, as well as leaders of Indigenous health peak bodies2 and the mainstream health peak bodies3 signed a historic Close the Gap Statement of Intent in which they agreed to work in partnership to achieve equality in health status and life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by the year 2030.

Financial commitments of this size, accompanying the current reform agenda, bodes well for the future of a partnership between Indigenous peoples and their representatives and the future of our collective efforts to close the Indigenous health and life expectancy gap.