Decreasing rates of natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community, 1996-2010.

Conclusions: The downward trends probably reflect improvements in risk factor status since the 1960s, all-of-life health interventions, as well as better chronic disease management in the last two decades. The higher death rates in females than males in this community remain unexplained, but the rapid rate of decline of female death rates predicts that this gap will soon be minimised.
PMID: 23895480 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - August 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wang Z, Hoy WE Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research