National Rural Health Alliance highlights health disparities in new report.
Rural, regional and remote Australians are dying at higher rates than those in metropolitan areas despite rural Australia generating at least 70% of Australian exports worth a staggering $500 billion per year, almost half of the tourism revenue and 90% of the food we consume.
The Rural Health in Australia Snapshot 2025 highlights disturbing health inequalities between rural and urban areas with men dying up to 13.6 years earlier and women up to 12.7 years before their city counterparts.
Despite repeated government inquiries and a growing mountain of evidence, the latest report shows that the situation is not improving…