Table 1 Reported estimates of Aboriginal life expectancy at birth (yr) by method, compared with the total population 1983–2009, Australia †
From: A review of life expectancy and infant mortality estimations for Australian Aboriginal people
| Life expectancy | Life expectancy | Life expectancy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal | all Australia | gap | |||||||
| Source | Method | Period | Male | Female | Period | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| Gray (1997) [26] | Preston-Hill | 1981–86 | 55.7 | 63.9 | 1983 | 72.1 | 78.8 | 16.4 | 14.9 |
| with Luther | 1986–91 | 56.9 | 64.4 | 1988 | 73.1 | 79.5 | 16.2 | 15.1 | |
| and Retherford | 1991–96 | 57.0 | 63.8 | 1993 | 75.0 | 80.9 | 18.0 | 17.1 | |
| ABS (1998,1999,2001) | Preston-Hill | 1991–96 | 56.9 | 61.7 | 1993 | 75.0 | 80.9 | 18.1 | 19.2 |
| [15, 21, 24, 29, 34] | 1998–99 | 55.6 | 63.0 | 1997–99 | 76.2 | 81.8 | 20.6 | 18.8 | |
| 1998–2000 | 56.0 | 62.7 | 1999 | 76.2 | 81.8 | 20.2 | 19.1 | ||
| 1999–2001 | 56.3 | 62.8 | 2000 | 76.6 | 82.0 | 20.3 | 19.2 | ||
| Kinfu & Taylor (2002) [42] | Hill | 1996–2001 | 58.9 | 65.1 | 1997–99 | 76.2 | 81.8 | 17.3 | 16.7 |
| ABS (2004) [22] | Bhat | 1991–96 | 61.9 | 66.1 | 1993 | 75.0 | 80.9 | 13.1 | 14.8 |
| 1996–2001 | 63.2 | 68.4 | 1997–99 | 76.2 | 81.8 | 16.8 | 17.0 | ||
| Indigenous Burden of | Generalised | 1991–96 | 63.0 | 67.9 | 1993 | 75.0 | 80.9 | 12.0 | 13.0 |
| Disease study (2007) [44] | Growth Balance | 1996–2001 | 64.2 | 68.9 | 1997–99 | 76.2 | 81.8 | 12.0 | 12.9 |
| ABS (2010) [47] | CDE-adjusted | 2005–07 | 67.2 | 72.9 | 2006 | 78.7 | 83.5 | 11.5 | 10.6 |
| 2005–07‡ | 69.9 | 75.0 | 2006 | 78.7 | 82.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | ||
| Morrell et al. (2012) [53] | Empirical | 1995–99 | 64.4 | 69.6 | 1996–98 [48] | 75.9 | 81.5 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| cohort | 2000–04 | 65.6 | 71.1 | 2001–03 [49] | 77.8 | 82.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | |
| (Sydney)§ | 2005–09 | 67.6 | 71.4 | 2006–08 [50] | 79.2 | 83.7 | 12.3 | 12.3 | |