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Mental health in rural and remote Australia: October 2016
Publisher
Mental health
Suicide
Rural health
Rural and remote communities
Aboriginal people (Australia)
Medicare
Australia
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 Mental health in rural and remote Australia: October 2016 (infographic)
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Description
Rates of mental illness do not vary much across the country - this infographic shows that about 20 per cent of Australians had a mental health problem in the past 12 months. However Medicare expenditure per person is much lower in rural and remote areas. Tragically, suicide rates are also higher in rural and remote areas than they are in major cities.
Publication Details
Copyright:
National Rural Health Alliance 2016
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
21 May 2015
