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Objective. To assess whether Indigenous Australians age prematurely compared with other Australians, as implied by Australian Government aged care policy, which uses age 50 years and over for population-based planning for Indigenous people compared with 70 years for non-indigenous people. Methods. Cross-sectional analysis of aged care assessment, hospital and health survey data comparing Indigenous and non-indigenous age-specific prevalence of health conditions. Analysis of life tables for Indigenous and non-indigenous populations comparing life expectancy at different ages. Results. At age 63 for women and age 65 for men, Indigenous people had the same life expectancy as non-indigenous people at age 70. There is no consistent pattern of a 20-year lead in age-specific prevalence of age-associated conditions for Indigenous compared with other Australians. There is high prevalence from middle-age onwards of some conditions, particularly diabetes (type unspecified), but there is little or no lead for others. Conclusion. The idea that Indigenous people age prematurely is not well supported by this study of a series of discrete conditions. The current focus and type of services provided by the aged care sector may not be the best way to respond to the excessive burden of chronic disease and disability of middle-aged Indigenous people.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1: Regional Studies -- 1. The ILP in the North East of England -- 2. The ILP in Lancashire and the North West -- 3. The ILP and the Scottish National Question -- 4. Breaking Moulds: The Leicester ILP and Popular Politics -- Section IT: Local Study- Bradford -- 1. Late Victorian and Edwardian Bradford -- 2. The Manningham Mills Strike, December 1890 to April1891 -- 3. The Bradford ILP and Trade Unionism c.1890-1914 -- 4. War and Socialism: the Experience of the Bradford ILP 1914-18 -- Section III: Issues and Subjects -- 1. 'A Call to Arms': the Struggle for Socialist Unity in Britain, 1883-1914 -- 2. Women and the ILP, 1890-1914 -- 3. 'Trailed on the tail of a comet': the Yorkshire Miners and the ILP, 1885-1908 -- 4. Religion and the ILP -- 5. The ILP and Education: the Bradford Charter -- 6. The ILP and the Second International: the Early Years, 1893-1905 -- Section IV: Review of Literature and Records -- 1. Recent Writing on the History of the ILP, 1893-1932 -- 2. Researching the History of the ILP -- 3. The ILP: a Century for Socialism -- Index