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Australians with disability are 4 times more likely to die early – often not due to their disability

  • Written by Yi Yang, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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When Finlay Browne died at just 16 years old, “Down syndrome” was listed on his death certificate as a cause of death.

But Finlay did not die of Down syndrome. A coroner found earlier this year that the teenager died due to complications from a bowel obstruction, and noted “issues concerning the adequacy of...

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