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<blockquote data-quote="Malleeboy" data-source="post: 77428899" data-attributes="member: 436627"><p>Phillip,</p><p></p><p>Looking at the obvious selection of health issues...</p><p>The stats below are from <a href="https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports" target="_blank">Reports & data</a>. although they probably correlate to socio-economic.</p><p>However I think it would be interesting to compare non-indigenous remote people, as having grown up in a rural city, some 3.5 hours drive from the "big smoke", we didn't get the services etc that city folk get, and I would imagine that very remote places would have even greater challenges. (EG we had no music program in our High Schools because the school couldn't get a music teacher.)</p><h3>Tobacco smoking</h3><p>While tobacco smoking is declining in Australia, it remains disproportionately high among Indigenous Australians. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In 1994, 54.5% of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over were current smokers (Table S3.1); in 2018–19, this had declined to 43.4% (ABS 2019).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over a similar period, the proportion of non-Indigenous smokers aged 18 and over declined, from 23.5% in 1995 to 15.1% in 2017–18 (Table S3.2).</li> </ul><h4>Risky alcohol consumption</h4><p>According to the 2019 NDSHS, the proportion of Indigenous Australians who consumed 11 or more drinks at least once a month declined from 18.8% in 2016 to 10.6% in 2019. For non-Indigenous Australians, this figure remained stable (6.8% and 6.4%) (AIHW 2020b, Table 8.1).</p><p></p><h3>Illicit drugs</h3><p>The 2019 NDSHS data showed that (other than ecstasy, cocaine and hallucinogens), a higher proportion of Indigenous Australians aged 14 and over had recently used illicit drugs, compared with non-Indigenous Australians (Figure INDIGENOUS4; AIHW 2020b, Table 8.2). In 2019, after adjusting for age:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">just under one-quarter (23%) of Indigenous Australians had used any illicit drug in the last 12 months–almost 1.4 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (16.6%) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">15.5% had used cannabis in the last 12 months–almost 1.3 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (12.0%)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">7.7% had used a pharmaceutical for non-medical use–almost 1.9 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (4.1%)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">3.1% had used meth/amphetamine in the last 12 months–almost 2.4 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (1.3%). The estimate for Indigenous Australians has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be interpreted with caution (AIHW 2020b, Table 8.2</li> </ol><p>Indigenous Australians from the Northern Territory (22%) and Queensland (29%) were the only jurisdictions below the national average (30%) (ABS 2016, Table 2.3).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malleeboy, post: 77428899, member: 436627"] Phillip, Looking at the obvious selection of health issues... The stats below are from [URL="https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports"]Reports & data[/URL]. although they probably correlate to socio-economic. However I think it would be interesting to compare non-indigenous remote people, as having grown up in a rural city, some 3.5 hours drive from the "big smoke", we didn't get the services etc that city folk get, and I would imagine that very remote places would have even greater challenges. (EG we had no music program in our High Schools because the school couldn't get a music teacher.) [HEADING=2]Tobacco smoking[/HEADING] While tobacco smoking is declining in Australia, it remains disproportionately high among Indigenous Australians. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown: [LIST] [*]In 1994, 54.5% of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over were current smokers (Table S3.1); in 2018–19, this had declined to 43.4% (ABS 2019). [*]Over a similar period, the proportion of non-Indigenous smokers aged 18 and over declined, from 23.5% in 1995 to 15.1% in 2017–18 (Table S3.2). [/LIST] [HEADING=3]Risky alcohol consumption[/HEADING] According to the 2019 NDSHS, the proportion of Indigenous Australians who consumed 11 or more drinks at least once a month declined from 18.8% in 2016 to 10.6% in 2019. For non-Indigenous Australians, this figure remained stable (6.8% and 6.4%) (AIHW 2020b, Table 8.1). [HEADING=2]Illicit drugs[/HEADING] The 2019 NDSHS data showed that (other than ecstasy, cocaine and hallucinogens), a higher proportion of Indigenous Australians aged 14 and over had recently used illicit drugs, compared with non-Indigenous Australians (Figure INDIGENOUS4; AIHW 2020b, Table 8.2). In 2019, after adjusting for age: [LIST=1] [*]just under one-quarter (23%) of Indigenous Australians had used any illicit drug in the last 12 months–almost 1.4 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (16.6%) [*]15.5% had used cannabis in the last 12 months–almost 1.3 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (12.0%) [*]7.7% had used a pharmaceutical for non-medical use–almost 1.9 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (4.1%) [*]3.1% had used meth/amphetamine in the last 12 months–almost 2.4 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians (1.3%). The estimate for Indigenous Australians has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be interpreted with caution (AIHW 2020b, Table 8.2 [/LIST] Indigenous Australians from the Northern Territory (22%) and Queensland (29%) were the only jurisdictions below the national average (30%) (ABS 2016, Table 2.3). [/QUOTE]
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