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3 indigenous disadvantage - Australian Human Rights …

• The average age of Indigenous mothers was 24.0 years, compared to 28.6 years for non-Indigenous mothers. 23.1% of Indigenous mothers in 1996 were teenagers, more than four times the non-Indigenous rate (4.8%); • The proportion of lowbirthweight babies (less than 2500 grams) of Indigenous mothers was 12.4%, more than twice the rate of non-

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