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RESEARCH ARTICLE

4. Tackling health inequalities

Gavin Turrell, Marilyn Wise and Richard Eckersley

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin Supplementary Series 15(1) 43 - 54
Published: 2004

Abstract

During the twentieth century, the health of the Australian population improved markedly: life expectancy increased; the toll of communicable disease was reduced; and, in more recent times, death rates for cardiovascular disease and a number of major cancers have begun to decline. However, against this backdrop of improving overall health, large health inequalities continue to exist between socioeconomic groups; and, for some conditions, these inequalities are increasing over time.

https://doi.org/10.1071/NB04S08

© NSW Department of Health 2004

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