Annie B Cunning Lecture – Nutrition and infections in Australian Aboriginal children*

Gracey, Michael

doi:10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb01421.x

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Hospital admissions of Aborigines and non-Aborigines in Western Australia, 1977–1988

Gracey¹,

Dennison²,

Gracey³

et al. 1992

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

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Aborigines were admitted to hospital in Western Australia 2.8 times as frequently as other persons in 1977-1988. Their highest relative admission rates were in the 0-5 years age group, mostly for respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Relative admission rates (all ages) for some categories were: infectious and parasitic, 4 to 10-fold; respiratory, 5-fold; nervous system, 4-fold; injury and poisoning, 3 to 5-fold; mental disorders, double the non-Aboriginal rate. Admissions for respiratory illnesses were consistently much higher in Aborigines of all ages. There were some significant declines in relative hospital admission rates for Aborigines over the study period.

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