Fertility and mortality of Aborigines living in the Queensland Aboriginal communities, 1972-1990
By: Robert Hogg, Neil Thomson.
Contributors: Thomson, Neil.; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Series: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health series,; no. 8
Publisher: Australian Govt. Pub. Service
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Mortality -- Statistics.; Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Queensland -- Statistics.; Mortality -- Australia -- Queensland -- Statistics.; Fertility, Human -- Australia -- Queensland -- Statistics.; Fertility -- Australia -- statistics.; Aborigines -- Australia -- statistics.; Mortality -- Australia -- statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: Statistics analysis shows that although infant mortality in Queensland Aboriginal communities declined, in study period this mortality rate is still higher than that of total Australian population; there was relatively little change in mortality at other ages; fertility has declined since 1970s but higher than for non-Aboriginal women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 22).
At head of title: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.