Solving the disability data puzzle to ensure progress towards equity

在韩国，残疾人的平均死亡年龄比非残疾人年轻16岁。在澳大利亚，我们没有数据基础设施来生成残疾人的预期寿命统计数据。该奖学金旨在解决这一残疾数据挑战，被澳大利亚政府确定为一个关键问题。它将制定一种有效的方法，根据相关数据生成残疾统计数据；生成一个完整的人口残疾数据资源，以建设残疾研究的能力；并首次编制残疾人的预期寿命统计数据--这是监测在实现平等和改善残疾人生活方面取得进展的最终政策工具。

In South Korea, the average age of death for people with disability is 16 years younger than people without disability. In Australia, we do not have the data infrastructure to generate life expectancy statistics for people with disability. This fellowship aims to solve this disability data challenge, identified as a critical problem by the Australian Government. It will develop a validated methodology for producing disability statistics from linked data; generate a whole population disability data resource to build capacity in disability research; and for the first time, produce life expectancy statistics for people with disability - the ultimate policy tool to monitor progress towards equity and improve the lives of disabled Australians.