Long distances and low population density can also mean higher service delivery costs which can result in reduced access to health services and health professionals [54]. Type 2 diabetes also plays a significant role in the health of Canada’s Aboriginal people. Prior to 1940, type 2 diabetes ...
(380 and 1,015 mm)—the effective limits of agricultural development. The climate is hot and, in the north, uncomfortably humid for eight months of the year. Mean temperatures at Darwin are 84 °F (29 °C) in January and 77 °F (25 °C) in July, and at Alice Springs 83 °F (...