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Indigenous Communities Demographics

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In June 2006 the Indigenous population of Australia was? 517200 The largest concentrations of Indigenous Australians was in these two states? NSW and Qld The largest proportion of Indigenous population is in this state or territory? NT The median age for Indigenous Australians is ? compared with 37 non-Indigenous. 20 The age structure of Australia's Indigenous is because of a high mortality and a high ??? rate Fertility Give 3 examples of health problems that face Indigenous Australians. Diabetes, drug and aochol abuse, kidney, heart disease. Life expectancy for males in Au is 79 and females 83 for indigenous it is? 59 males and 65 females. What is the unemployment rate for Indigenous Australians? 17% or 20% What is the approximate unemployment rate for non-Indiegnous Australians? 5% How are Indigenous Australians disadvantaged in terms of housing? They are more likely to rent 63% compared with 27% rest of population. Indigenous Australians are twice as likely to require ??? health related cost at some point in their lives than non-Indigenous Australians. Hospitalisation What was the proportion of Indigenous people who attended University in 2001? Less than half that of non-Indigenous What % of Indigenous communities are located more than 100kms from a hospital. 70% The name of the preventable bacterial eye disease prevalent in Indigenous children Trachoma What does the NGO acronym stand for? Non-Government Organisations Give an example of an NGO which is assisting to reduce the living standard gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous. Fred Hollowes Foundation, Telstra, Give 2 examples of Aboriginal communities that have discussed becoming dry communities? Alice, Brewarrina, Jabiru The name of the law given to land which is recognised as being originally owned by Indigenous and then returned to them. Native Title What is the name given to drug, alcohol, petrol sniffing etc which impacts on an individual's health Substance abuse What was the estimated population of Indigenous people prior to European settlement? 300 000 to 1 million.

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Demographics of Indigenous Communities

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