Aboriginal health
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, good health is more than the absence of disease or illness; it is a holistic concept that includes physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing, for both the individual and the community. Indigenous death rates have been falling in most age groups over the past 10 years, with the median age at death increasing from 56.5 in 2010 to 61.0 in 2020 (ABS 2021b). In 2020, the leading causes of death among Indigenous Australians were coronary heart disease, diabetes, chronic lower respiratory diseases, cancers of the lung, bronchus and trachea, and intentional self-harm (ABS 2021a).(AIHW)