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released: 1 Dec 1998 author: Strong K, Trickett P, Titulaer I & Bhatia K media release

Compares the health of people living in rural and remote areas with that of people living in metropolitan areas across Australia. The report shows that people living in rural and remote areas have many health disadvantages their urban counterparts do not experience, including: shortages of health care providers and services in some areas, difficulties in accessing health care and greater exposure to injury.

ISBN 978 0 642 24782 7; Cat. no. PHE 6; 145pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (77K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgements
    • Summary
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction (67K PDF)
    2. Socio-demographics (371K PDF)
    3. Health status (513K PDF, 642K PDF, 574K PDF)
    4. Health risk factors and preventive measures (506K PDF)
    5. Health resources (354K PDF, 556K PDF)
    6. Emerging issues (51K PDF)
    7. Data sources, developments and deficiencies (64K PDF)
  • End matter (150K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix I: Statistical methods
      • Appendix II: Statistical Local Areas by State and RRMA classification
    • References

Recommended citation

Strong K, Trickett P, Titulaer I & Bhatia K 1998. Health in rural and remote Australia: the first report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on rural health. Cat. no. PHE 6. Canberra: AIHW.