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In 2020, the Australian Council of Social Service released a report stating that relative poverty was growing in Australia, with an estimated 3.2 million people, or 13.6% of the population, living below the internationally accepted relative poverty threshold of 50% of a country's median income. The report also estimated that 774,000 children ...
This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2024 Human Development Report.According to the 2016 Report, "The IHDI can be interpreted as the level of human development when inequality is accounted for", whereas the Human Development Index itself, from which the IHDI is derived, is "an index of potential human development (or ...
In 2018, the government's ten-year progress report against the key areas of the framework indicated that only three of the target areas were likely to be met, [28] with ongoing concerns in areas such as education and school attendance, [29] and health. [30] [1] The 10-year review (Close The Gap - 10 Year Review) published by the Close the Gap ...
2020 29.42 2020 Andorra: Southern Europe: High income 27.96 2016 United Arab Emirates: Western Asia: High income 26.4 2018 25.97 2019 Argentina: South America: Upper middle income 40.7 2022 37.80 2022 Armenia: Western Asia: Upper middle income 27.9 2022 27.94 2021 Australia: Australia and New Zealand: High income 34.3 2018 34.33
The social determinants of health in poverty describe the factors that affect impoverished populations' health and health inequality. Inequalities in health stem from the conditions of people's lives, including living conditions, work environment, age, and other social factors, and how these affect people's ability to respond to illness. [1]
Australia has the fifth highest rate of obesity in the OECD. More than a third of the adult population are overweight and about a third obese. 57% do not take enough exercise. [31] Australian health statistics show that chronic disease such as heart disease, particularly strokes which reflects a more affluent lifestyle is a common cause of ...
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is Australia's national agency for information and statistics on Australia's health and welfare. Statistics and data developed by the AIHW are used extensively to inform discussion and policy decisions on health, community services and housing assistance. Under Australia's constitution ...
Methods such as interviews and participant observation led Hill et al. (2022) to recommend that social inequalities, economic disparities, government policy, and Australia's traumatic colonial history are significant risk factors influencing the increased health inequalities and illness faced by Aboriginal youth.