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AIHW Report Links Stolen Generations to Worse Health Outcomes

9/8/2026

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AIHW report finds Stolen Generations survivors face greater health challenges than other Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are six times more likely to have kidney disease than non-Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are 2.7 times more likely to have severe profound disability than other Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are 3.9 times more likely to report high psychological distress than non-Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are twice as likely as other Indigenous peoples to report high psychological distress.

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AIHW report finds Stolen Generations survivors face greater health challenges than other Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are six times more likely to have kidney disease than non-Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are 2.7 times more likely to have severe profound disability than other Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are 3.9 times more likely to report high psychological distress than non-Indigenous Australians.
Survivors are twice as likely as other Indigenous peoples to report high psychological distress.