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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

Numerator
Number of deaths
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Denominator
Total population
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Computation

Each International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) chapter for underlying cause of death plus major causes of:

  • 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) …
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Disaggregation

2007 (revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2008 and 2009 (updated for revision to ABS cause of death data, revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2010 (updated for revisions to ABS cause of death data) and 2011 — State and territory (total deaths).

2007 (revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2008, 2009 (updated for revision to ABS cause of death data, revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), and 2010 — State and territory, by ICD-10 chapter …

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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Description

Each International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) chapter for underlying cause of death plus major causes of:

  • 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 directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Variability bands are to be calculated for single-year rates using the method below.

Presented per 100,000 population. Rate ratio calculated for Indigenous:non-Indigenous.

Denominators
Total population
Disaggregation

2007 (revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2008 and 2009 (updated for revision to ABS cause of death data, revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2010 (updated for revisions to ABS cause of death data) and 2011 — State and territory (total deaths).

2007 (revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), 2008, 2009 (updated for revision to ABS cause of death data, revised WA and national Indigenous deaths data), and 2010 — State and territory, by ICD-10 chapter for underlying cause of death (and total).

2006-2010 — State and territory, by major cause of death (and total) by Indigenous status.

Some disaggregation 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—NSW, Qld, SA, WA and NT.

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