Australia: Cervical Cancer In Indigenous Women - The Case Of Australia

Australia: Cervical Cancer In Indigenous Women - The Case Of Australia   Geordan D. Shannon, Oscar H. Franco, John Powles, Yue Leng, and Nora Pashayan, 2011   Globally, health inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations exist. The disparity in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is exemplified by cervical cancer. Current evidence suggests that Indigenous women have higher age standardised incidence and mortality than non-Indigenous women...

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