Closing the Gaps: competing estimates of Indigenous Australian life expectancy in the scientific literature.

Conclusions and Implications: A specific estimate of the life expectancy gap has not been established among stakeholders in Indigenous health. Agreement on the magnitude of the gap is arguably needed in order to evaluate strategies aimed at improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Moreover, measuring progress towards 'closing the gap' depends on the availability of comparable estimates, using the same techniques of measurement to assess changes over time.
PMID: 23895479 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - August 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rosenstock A, Mukandi B, Zwi AB, Hill PS Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research