Author's response to reviews Title: Decomposing Indigenous Life Expectancy Gap by Risk Factors: A Life Table Analysis Authors:

Decomposing Indigenous life expectancy gap by risk factors: a life table analysis

BACKGROUND The estimated gap in life expectancy (LE) between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians was 12 years for men and 10 years for women, whereas the Northern Territory Indigenous LE gap was at least 50% greater than the national figures. This study aims to explain the Indigenous LE gap by common modifiable risk factors. METHODS This study covered the period from 1986 to 2005. Unit ...

Analysis of Potentials to Increase Iranian life Expectancy with Removing the Leading Causes of Mortality in 2010

Introduction: Recent studies on Iranian mortality clearly underscore the role of cardiovascular diseases, unintentional injuries, and cancers as three leading causes of reduced life expectancy during the last three decades. The purpose of current study is to measure the effect of these causes on 2010 life table for Iran. Materials & Method:The number of registered death by age and sex and ...

Author's response to reviews Title: Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data Authors:

Response: ABS’s comments on ‘Estimating Indigenous life expectancy: pitfalls with consequences’

This is an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) response to Madden et al.’s paper entitled ‘Estimating Indigenous life expectancy: pitfalls with consequences’, which is published in this issue of the Journal of Population Research. This paper is a critique of the method used by the ABS for compiling life tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The paper claims that ‘the A...

Closing the Gaps: competing estimates of Indigenous Australian life expectancy in the scientific literature

OBJECTIVE Closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and other Australians within a generation is central to national Indigenous reform policy (Closing the Gap). Over time, various methods of estimating Indigenous life expectancy and with that, the life expectancy gap, have been adopted with differing, albeit non-comparable results. We present data on the extent of the gap and elucid...