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non-Indigenous people between 2001-02 and 2004-05. Over time, the fluctuationin rates of the most common environmentally based diseases has been greater forIndigenous than non-Indigenous people. This may reflect the smaller size of theIndigenous population, where relatively small changes in the number of casescan make rates fluctuate more widely.• Between 2001-02 and 2004-05, there was a decrease in hospitalisations forintestinal infectious diseases (21.2 per cent decrease) and scabies (19.9 per centdecrease) for Indigenous people.• The number of Indigenous hospitalisations increased for bacterial diseases(6.3 per cent increase) and for influenza and pneumonia (7.8 per cent increase).• Rates of acute upper respiratory infections and asthma remained steady between2001-02 and 2004-05 for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, thoughthe rates of disease were considerably higher for Indigenous people(table 10A.1.2).EFFECTIVEENVIRONMENTALHEALTH SYSTEMS10.9

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