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CANBERRA, Australia -- Internationally renowned musician Mandawuy Yunupingu's life of dialysis three times a week is far from unusual among Aborigines, with a report released Friday indicating that indigenous kidney patients are far less likely than other Australians to receive an organ transplant.The report by the government's Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found that only 12 percent of Aborigines suffering the most severe stage of chronic kidney disease have a functioning transplanted kidney, compared with 45 percent of other Australians.

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