Non-Indigenous People

Indigenous peoples do not have an equal opportunity to be as healthy as non-Indigenous Australians
There has been very little progress in reducing this inequality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians over the past decade, for example in relation to long term measures such as life expectation
Death rates from cardiovascular disease in the general population have fallen 30% since 1991, and 70% in the last 35-years16 whereas Indigenous people do not appear to have made any reduction in death rates from cardiovascular disease over this period.
The young age structure of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population means that the scope of the issues currently being faced is expected to increase