According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, in 2015-2017 estimated life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males was 71.6 years or 8.6 times lower than for non-Indigenous males and 75.6 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females or 7.8 years lower than for non-Indigenous females.
Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander People
