Number of deaths
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Definition
Age-standardised mortality rate by major cause of death, and rate ratios for Indigenous people and people living in remote or low socioeconomic areas.
Indicator Summary
Major causes of death categories (and ICD-10 codes) are:
- Circulatory diseases (I00-I99)
- Neoplasms (cancer) (C00-D48)
- External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
- Endocrine, metabolic and nutritional disorders (E00-E90)
- Respiratory diseases (J00-J99)
- Digestive diseases (K00-K93)
- Kidney Diseases (N00-N29)
- Conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
- Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- Nervous system diseases (G00-G99)
- Other causes
- All causes
Rates are age-standardised. …
2007 and 2008—State and territory, by major cause of death (and total)
2003–2007 and 2004–2008—State and territory by major cause of death (and total) by: Indigenous status
Disaggregations within individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
Calculation rules
- Description
Major causes of death categories (and ICD-10 codes) are:
- Circulatory diseases (I00-I99)
- Neoplasms (cancer) (C00-D48)
- External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
- Endocrine, metabolic and nutritional disorders (E00-E90)
- Respiratory diseases (J00-J99)
- Digestive diseases (K00-K93)
- Kidney Diseases (N00-N29)
- Conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
- Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- Nervous system diseases (G00-G99)
- Other causes
- All causes
Rates are age-standardised.
Presented per 100,000 population. Rate ratio calculated for Indigenous:non-Indigenous.
Number of deaths
Total population
2007 and 2008—State and territory, by major cause of death (and total)
2003–2007 and 2004–2008—State and territory by major cause of death (and total) by: Indigenous status
Disaggregations within individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
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