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Stephanie Gardiner

BIZARRE: Alarm bells as remote australians live shorter lives - What They Never Told You

People in Australian cities live far longer, on average, than those in outback regions. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

People in remote NSW have far shorter lives than city-dwellers and are much more likely to die from preventable illnesses or suicide.

The Australia Institute has revealed the alarming life expectancy divide between the city and the bush in a report called The Unlucky Country, the first in a research series to examine the national disparity.

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