Indigenous Australians healthier in remote areas - study

Indigenous people in the remotest parts of Australia appear to live healthier lives than those in less remote, or outer regional, areas.

A study that looked at deaths from chronic disease across the Northern Territory found "strikingly higher" mortality rates among Aborigines in less remote locations.

The finding by researchers at the University of Queensland's centre for chronic disease runs counter to the widely held view that remoteness is associated with poorer health.