Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 May 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability, AIHW, Canberra.
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Australians are living longer, and their state of health in these years has important implications for population health and wellbeing and for Australia’s health and care systems. Between 2003 and 2015, life expectancy at birth increased for both sexes, and most of this increase corresponded with an increase in years living free of disability and free of severe or profound core activity limitation. Older Australians have also seen increases in the expected number of years living free of disability.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-091-3
- Cat. no: DIS 66
- Pages: 5
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At birth, Australians can expect to live, on average, over one-fifth of their lives with some level of disability
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At age 65, Australians can expect to live, on average, over half of their remaining years with some level of disability