Burden of avoidable deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2018
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
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In recent years, there has been a decline in the rate of healthy years of life lost due to living with illness or injury and premature death (known as burden of disease) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people.
The AIHW has today released new estimates of avoidable fatal burden of disease among First Nations people at the national and Indigenous Region level. ‘Avoidable fatal burden’ is the burden due to deaths that are considered potentially avoidable given timely and effective health care.
The estimates in the report, Burden of avoidable deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, show that in 2018: ?
·???????? Almost two-thirds (64%) of the fatal burden among First Nations people was classified as avoidable.
·???????? Across all Indigenous Regions, First Nations males (61%) experienced more of the avoidable fatal burden than females (39%).
·???????? Coronary heart disease was among the top 3 causes of avoidable fatal burden in 36 of 37 Indigenous Regions.?
·???????? Among First Nations people aged 15–34, 4 of the top 5 causes of avoidable fatal burden were injuries
·???????? Chronic diseases dominated the leading causes from age 55 onwards.
This information is important because it can be used by communities, health services and policy-makers to improve health outcomes for First Nations people.