Close the Gap - Indigenous Health equality in 25 years.

It is a national scandal that the life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is almost two decades less than the general Australian population.

While most women in Australia can expect to live to an average age of 82 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can expect to live to only 64.8 years. The situation is even worse for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men whose life expectancy is only 59.4 years.

From injury, to road trauma, to diabetes, to cancer, to respiratory disease and infant mortality, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health lags behind that of most Australians and is often comparable to that of the world's poorest nations including Mozambique and Bangladesh.- Oxfam Australia