Tag: Global Burden of Disease Study

Based on new population projections, it's going to feel like 'stacks on Australia' as the number of people calling Australia home is set to double to 46 million by 2075.

Australia is experiencing record low death rates, as the average life expectancy cracks the 82-year mark for the first time.

British ministers will announce plans to introduce legislation requiring plain packaging for cigarettes, reports suggest.Similar laws enacted in Australia require cigarettes to be sold in plain olive packages and carry graphic images and health warnings.

The Global Burden of Disease Study has ranked Australia well ahead of the UK in terms of life expectancy. It also found people in Iceland will live forever.