Overview

On average, Australians living in rural and remote areas have shorter lives, higher levels of disease and injury and poorer access to and use of health services, compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Poorer health outcomes in rural and remote areas may be due to multiple factors including lifestyle differences and a level of disadvantage related to education and employment opportunities, as well as access to health services.

Featured reports

More reports and statistics on rural & remote Australians can be found under Social determinants, Risk factors, Chronic disease, Hospitals and Burden of Disease.