01567nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042700001400056700001400070700002500084700001800109700001400127700001300141700001300154245007800167250001500245300001000260490000800270520103000278020004101308       2010                            d1 aCass Alan1 aBailey S.1 aRedman S.1 aSEARCH Investigators1 aWilliamson A.1 aTaylor B.1 aCraig J.1 aEades S.00aThe health of urban Aboriginal people: insufficient data to close the gap  a2010/11/03  a521-40 v1933 a<p>
The Australian Government has committed to reducing Indigenous disadvantage, including closing the life-expectancy gap within a generation, and to halving the gap in mortality rates for children under 5 years of age within a decade. Sixty per cent of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is attributable to the health of Indigenous people living in non-remote areas of Australia. We conducted a brief review of recent Australian original research publications on the health of the 53% of Indigenous people who live in urban areas, and found that data are sparse; there were only 63 studies in the past 5 years (11% of all articles about Indigenous health during this period). Although Indigenous Australians living in remote areas experience greater health disparity, the government will not achieve its aims without paying due attention to the non-remote-living population. More research is required, and particularly research that actually tests the impact of policies and programs.
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