Some Australians live longer than others due to a variety of factors but there's one issue that's not yet being measured — even though it could make a big difference in improving people's health.
Decades after Fiona Cornforth gave birth to her first child, the trauma of her delivery room experience is still fresh in her mind. The Wuthathi descendant wanted her mother and sister in the hospital room with her but was told she had to choose — one or the other. It was never explained to her why this was necessary. "There were other people giving birth in rooms next to me with them with their whole families," Cornforth told SBS News.
Social determinants such as employment, household income and level of education, are believed to contribute to around 35.4 per cent of this gap. Another 29.1 per cent is attributed to health risk factors such as smoking, weight, exercise, binge drinking, and fruit and vegetable consumption. But a significant proportion of the gap — 35 per cent — is "unexplained".
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