New population and life expectancy estimates for the indigenous population of Australia's Northern Territory, 1966-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Wilson, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901426751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097576     Document Type: Article

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