The Health Of India And Australia - 1613 Words

India and Australia are two distinct countries with entirely different extremes if the health care system is taken into account . Health is based on different social determinants - social gradient , early life , education employment opportunities , social exclusion isolation , education , culture ethnicity , transport , food disposable income. Australia is sixth largest country of the world with an area of 7,741,220 square kilometres , comparing with India as seventh largest country with an area of 9,596,877 square kilometres. Social Determinants of Health - Social Determinants are basically the conditions in which people live, grow, work aged . These circumstances are shaped by power, money resources at local , national†¦show more content†¦Dwindling status of immunisation has lead to increased mortality rate as 56 per 1000 live births, while In Australia, vaccination coverage trend has been increased from December 2007 onwards , in children aged 1, 2 5 years of age (Health.gov.au, 2014) leading to highly improved mortality rate by 5 per 1000 live births. Some of the Health Statistics (Figure 1) covered by WHO - best describes the health care distribution in both the countries. Figure 1 : Health Care Statistics - WHO (Who.int, 2014) Noticeably the life expectancy in Australia have been appreciably higher due to lower infant mortality, the promotion of healthier lifestyles, continuously improving life standards, and ongoing medical advances leading to improvement in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, vast improvement in aged care management , decline in premature death due to chronic disease like cancer , cardiac stroke and improved dietary patterns with less smoking(Abs.gov.au, 2014). However , significantly low life expectancy in India is caused by high infant mortality , high maternal mortality , existence of chronic disease like HIV ,