Queenslanders are living about 10 years longer than they were half a century ago despite being more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than Australians as a whole, the latest chief health officer's report says.
In his first biennial report on the health of Queenslanders, Dr John Gerrard said the state's median age at death had jumped from 70.4 years in 1971 to 80.7 in 2021.
