What does research show regarding race and ethnic differences in those who receive mental health services? near Mildura VIC

Racism is damaging to both the mental and physical health of Victorians.
Aboriginal Victorians and Victorians who speak a language other than English at home, but are not of Northern European or North American origin, are most likely to experience racism.
Victorian adults who frequently experience racism are almost five times more likely than those who do not experience racism to have poor mental health.
Victorian adults who frequently experience racism are 2.5 times more likely than those who do not experience racism to have poor physical health.

Respondents of the 2014 Victorian Population Health Survey were asked the question "In the last 12 months, have you experienced discrimination or been treated unfairly because of your racial, ethnic, cultural, or religious background?" The response to this question formed the basis of this report. The report describes the prevalence of racism among adults aged 18 years and older across Victoria by age, sex, ethnicity, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and health status.

The report confirms the international literature that consistently shows that experiencing racism is damaging not only to mental health but also to physical health. The findings of this report support the multicultural policy launched by the Victorian Government on February 19 2017. Victorian. And proud of it states that "Everyone has a responsibility to promote inclusion and participation and to reject exclusion, racism and all forms of violence. A society free of discrimination is better able to tackle problems like economic and social disengagement and improve health and wellbeing for all."

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Socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the sample by race/ethnicity

Characteristic	Total	White	Black	Asian- American	Hispanic-English interview	Hispanic-Spanish interview	Other race/ ethnicity

N = 232,723	n = 145,682	n = 28,962	n = 9411	n = 27,438	n = 9675	n = 11,555
n	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Age
18–20	40,901	5.7	4.8	7.1	5.6	11.4	2.4	8.4
21–25	65944	9.0	7.9	10.9	9.9	14.8	6.1	11.5
26–29	17,117	7.3	6.3	7.9	10.0	11.4	8.3	7.8
30–34	19,329	8.5	7.5	9.3	10.5	11.7	11.6	8.9
35–49	49,871	26.4	24.9	27.6	31.6	28.1	36.8	24.9
50–64	24,384	25.4	27.7	24.2	21.2	15.6	22.3	23.3
65 and older	15,177	17.7	20.9	13.1	11.1	7.0	12.5	15.3
Sex
(1) Male	108,633	48.2	48.5	44.9	46.2	51.2	48.7	48.2
(2) Female	124,090	51.8	51.5	55.1	53.8	48.8	51.3	51.8
Marital status
Married	84,712	52.8	56.8	32.6	62.6	44.5	58.7	41.0
Widowed	6028	6.0	6.7	6.0	3.6	2.5	5.3	6.4
Divorced or separated	22,527	14.1	14.0	18.1	6.9	12.9	13.0	18.2
Never been married	119,456	27.1	22.5	43.3	26.9	40.1	23.1	34.4
Household size
1 member	42,162	17.4	18.4	19.5	15.7	11.8	9.9	19.0
2 members	58,747	32.3	37.0	26.6	23.5	21.0	15.1	27.7
3 members	48,079	18.4	17.9	20.6	19.7	20.0	16.3	18.5
4 or 5 members	68,064	25.9	22.9	26.7	32.8	35.7	40.7	25.1
6 or more members	15,671	5.9	3.8	6.6	8.3	11.5	18.0	9.7
Educational attainment
Less than high school	36,193	14.3	9.9	17.9	6.3	19.6	61.8	17.3
High school graduate	74,392	29.9	30.2	34.5	14.1	33.1	22.8	32.8
Some college	68,459	26.3	26.7	29.4	21.9	29.3	9.2	31.3
College graduate	53,679	29.5	33.2	18.2	57.6	18.0	6.3	18.6
Employment status
Employed full time	112,062	50.2	49.7	48.3	56.0	54.4	51.0	43.4
Employed part time	44,181	14.0	14.5	12.3	13.6	14.3	10.6	15.4
Unemployed	20,159	5.7	4.5	10.5	5.0	8.1	6.1	7.1
Other	56,321	30.0	31.3	28.9	25.5	23.2	32.2	34.1
Income
1. <100% poverty	47,118	14.0	9.1	26.6	11.6	20.1	38.6	21.9
2. <200% poverty	52,205	19.9	16.6	26.4	15.5	26.2	37.2	26.7
3. <75 K or student	74,767	34.0	37.2	29.6	27.6	29.2	17.5	29.4
4. >75 K	58,633	32.1	37.0	17.4	45.3	24.4	6.7	22.1
Health insurance
No insurance	45,765	15.5	11.2	19.4	12.9	25.9	47.6	15.8
Medicaid	32,345	10.0	6.7	20.7	7.4	14.6	20.0	17.9
Medicare	15,959	17.2	21.2	12.2	8.6	6.9	5.9	14.6
TRICARE/CHAMPUS	6472	2.7	2.8	3.7	1.7	2.4	0.3	3.8
Private/other	132,182	54.5	58.1	44.1	69.3	50.1	26.3	47.9
Survey year
2009	37,707	16.4	16.8	16.4	14.9	15.0	16.2	13.9
2010	38,919	17.0	17.3	17.0	15.9	16.0	16.8	14.8
2011	39,133	17.3	17.3	17.1	17.4	16.7	18.6	17.8
2012	37,869	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.7	17.0	16.3	18.0
2013	37,424	16.4	16.2	16.5	17.2	17.4	15.9	17.4
2014	41,671	16.5	16.1	16.6	17.8	17.9	16.2	18.1