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Respiratory Health with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Closing the Gap
External health and wellbeing events
19
Oct
Start Time & Date:
19/10/2022, 6:00 pm
End Time & Date:
19/10/2022, 8:00 pm
Location:
Webinar
Nearly one-third of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a respiratory condition; with Asthma and COPD contributing to the highest burden of disease.
Hospitalisation for Asthma and COPD exacerbations are higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders than for non-Aboriginal
Australians. Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, COPD is responsible for two-thirds of respiratory deaths, and the asthma mortality rate is more than three times that of other Australians.