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Groups Experiencing Health Inequities (Aboriginal & Torres Strait…

- - - - 2x rate for lung cancer
      - high rates of lung, mouth, throat and cervical cancer
      - more likely to be diagnosed later
    - - 3x rate of coronary heart disease
      - 3x as likely to die from CVD
    - - Mental Health death rate 14x higher in males & 12x higher in females
      - young ATSI 5x higher
    - - 3rd leading cause for ATSI
      - related to alcohol use and self harm
    - - 5x more likely to die from diabetes
      - 3x more likely to report diabetes
  - - - lower levels of educational attainment
      - higher levels of unemployment
      - more likely to be low SES
      - lower levels of disposable income
    - - 24% live in rural and remote areas decreasing access to healthy food and medical services
      - 51% have access to a motor vechile
    - - lower standards of living
      - significantly higher rates of imprisonment
      - ongoing effects of colonisation (dislocation, identity and loss of culture
      - 1.5x more likely to be overweight
- - - - life expectancy lower by 2 years
      - lower education and income
      - higher rate smoking
      - more likely to be effected natural disaster
      - higher rate alcohol consumption
  - - - Higher levels of distress & pressure when working on the land
      - Culture of alcohol consumption
      - Despair & hopelessness due to lack of opportunities
      - More likely stereotypical gender roles
      - High ATSI population
      - Mental disorder due to lack of opportunity & natural disaster
    - - lower average gross household income
      - More likely to be in manual labor
      - Unemployment higher
      - less likely to complete yr 12
      - fewer tertiary education opportunities
    - - poorer living conditions
      - inaccessible mainstream health services
      - Hazardous occupations
      - travel long distance to access
      - less access to health promotion
      - inadequate provision of health infrastructure
      - poorer roads & less enforcement
  - - - 26.5% people in rural areas are daily smokers
      - deaths 2.5 times higher
    - - 30% risk of risky drinking
    - - 66% higher rate of suicide
      - Farmers twice as likely
      - Men in rural/remote twice as likely
    - - Higher rates
    - - rural 10% higher
      - remote 20-70% higher
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  - - - National rural conference
      - NSW rural doctors network