{"id":351431,"date":"2024-08-01T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=351431"},"modified":"2024-08-01T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T03:37:09","slug":"gap-widening-report-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/08\/01\/gap-widening-report-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Gap’ Widening, Report Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Closing The Gap annual data report was released on Wednesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only five of the 19 “Closing The Gap” targets are on track to be met, according to the latest assessment of government data.<\/p>\n

Five targets show improvement but are not on track to be met, while progress towards four targets is worsening.<\/p>\n

The life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men is 71.9 years and is 75.6 years for women, but the gap with non-Indigenous people is not on track to close by the target year of 2031.<\/p>\n

However, the target for the proportion of babies born at a healthy birthweight is on track; 89.6 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies were born with a healthy birthweight in 2021 (the last year for which data is available).<\/p>\n

Tragically, the rate of suicide has actually risen since the baseline year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most recent data shows suicide was the leading cause of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15\u201339 in 2022.<\/p>\n

The fourth Annual Data Compilation Report – which tracks progress under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap – was released by the Productivity Commission on Wednesday.<\/p>\n