Ischaemic heart disease was the leading cause of death for Australian males in 2021, with 10,371 deaths registered in that year. For Australian women, dementia and Alzheimer's disease were the leading cause of death, followed by ischaemic heart disease.

This statistic displays a distribution of the leading underlying causes of death in Australia in 2016. That year, about twelve percent of all deaths were caused by ischaemic heart diseases. The leading five causes of death displayed were accounting for 37.3 percent of all deaths in Australia.

This dataset presents the footprint of statistics related to deaths due to all causes (combined) by sex. The reported statistics include year of death, total deaths, crude rates, age-standardised rates, rate ratio, median age at death, premature deaths, potential years of life lost and potentially avoidable deaths. The data spans the years of 2012-2016 and is aggregated to Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) geographic areas from the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Mortality Over Regions and Time (MORT) books are workbooks that contain recent deaths data for specific geographical areas, sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database. They present various statistics related to deaths by all causes and leading causes of death by sex for each geographical area. For further information about this dataset, visit the data source:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - MORT Books. Please note: AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

This dataset presents the footprint of statistics related to the leading causes of death by sex. The reported statistics include cause of death, ranking, total deaths, crude rates, age-standardised rates and rate ratio. The data spans the period between 2012-2016 and is aggregated to Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) geographic areas from the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Mortality Over Regions and Time (MORT) books are workbooks that contain recent deaths data for specific geographical areas, sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database. They present various statistics related to deaths by all causes and leading causes of death by sex for each geographical area.

For further information about this dataset, visit the data source:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - MORT Books.

Please note:

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

• Cause of Death Unit Record File data are provided to the AIHW by the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data are maintained by the AIHW in the National Mortality Database.

• Year refers to the year of registration of death. Deaths registered in 2013 and earlier are based on the final version of the cause of death data; deaths registered in 2014 are based on revised version; deaths registered in 2015 and 2016 are based on preliminary versions. Revised and preliminary versions are subject to further revision by the ABS.

• Cause of death information are based on the underlying cause of death and are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). Deaths registered in 1997 onwards are classified according to the 10th revision (ICD-10).

• Unknown/missing includes deaths where place of usual residence was overseas, no fixed abode, offshore and migratory, and undefined. Summary measures and cause of death data are not presented for any SA3 with less than 10 deaths in a single year.

• Population counts are based on estimated resident populations at 30 June for each year. Australian estimated resident population data are sourced from Australian demographic statistics (ABS cat. no. 3101.0).

This dataset presents the footprint of male cancer mortality statistics in Australia for all cancers combined and the 11 top cancer groupings (bladder, colorectal, head and neck, kidney, leukaemia, lung, lymphoma, melanoma of the skin, pancreas, prostate and stomach) and their respective ICD-10 codes. The data spans the years 2009-2013 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Mortality data refer to the number of deaths due to cancer in a given time period. Cancer deaths data are sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013 National Mortality Database (NMD).

For further information about this dataset, please visit:

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across Regions (CIMAR) books.

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - 2013 National Mortality Database.

Please note:

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

• Due to changes in geographic classifications over time, long-term trends are not available.

• Values assigned to "n.p." in the original data have been removed from the data.

• The Australian and jurisdictional totals include people who could not be assigned a PHN. The number of people who could not be assigned a PHN is less than 1% of the total.

• The Australian total also includes residents of Other Territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory).

• Cause of Death Unit Record File data are provided to the AIHW by the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data are maintained by the AIHW in the NMD.

• Year refers to year of occurrence of death for years up to and including 2012, and year of registration of death for 2013. Deaths registered in 2011 and earlier are based on the final version of cause of death data; deaths registered in 2012 and 2013 are based on revised and preliminary versions, respectively and are subject to further revision by the ABS.

• Cause of death information are based on underlying cause of death and are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). Deaths registered in 1997 onwards are classified according to the 10th revision (ICD-10).

• Colorectal deaths presented are underestimates. For further information, refer to "Complexities in the measurement of bowel cancer in Australia" in Causes of Death, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3303.0).

The number of deaths in Australia decreased significantly in 2023 compared to previous years. The number of deaths recorded in 2023 was approximately 46 thousand, compared to about 171 thousand in 2023. Number of deaths due to road accidents In Australia, there were 1,234 road-related fatalities during the course of the year. Drivers had the highest number of road fatalities, followed by motorcyclists and passengers. In the same year, New South Wales recorded the highest number of road deaths with a total of 334 road deaths. This does represent an increase from 2022 and the second-highest number of road fatalities in the last five years. New South Wales and South Australia exhibit comparable tendencies. Number of deaths due to COVID-19 On March 1, 2020, Australia recorded its first COVID-related death. The country recorded fewer than one thousand COVID-19-related deaths within the first year of the pandemic in 2020. By 2022, Australia recorded a total of 16,284 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. Australia has recorded the deaths of 4,258 women between the ages of 80 and 89 due to COVID-19. Moreover, more men between the ages of 80 and 89 have died of COVID-19 in 2022. At the time, the number of deaths among those under the age of 50 was significantly lower than that of those in older age groups.

This dataset presents the footprint of statistics related to the leading causes of death by sex. The reported statistics include cause of death, ranking, total deaths, crude rates, age-standardised rates and rate ratio. The data spans the period between 2012-2016 and is aggregated to Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) geographic areas from the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Mortality Over Regions and Time (MORT) books are workbooks that contain recent deaths data for specific geographical areas, sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database. They present various statistics related to deaths by all causes and leading causes of death by sex for each geographical area.

For further information about this dataset, visit the data source:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - MORT Books.

Please note:

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

• Cause of Death Unit Record File data are provided to the AIHW by the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data are maintained by the AIHW in the National Mortality Database.

• Year refers to the year of registration of death. Deaths registered in 2013 and earlier are based on the final version of the cause of death data; deaths registered in 2014 are based on revised version; deaths registered in 2015 and 2016 are based on preliminary versions. Revised and preliminary versions are subject to further revision by the ABS.

• Cause of death information are based on the underlying cause of death and are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). Deaths registered in 1997 onwards are classified according to the 10th revision (ICD-10).

• Unknown/missing includes deaths where place of usual residence was overseas, no fixed abode, offshore and migratory, and undefined. Summary measures and cause of death data are not presented for any GCCSA with less than 10 deaths in a single year; they are not presented for 'Other territories' because there were only 42 deaths recorded in 2012-2016.

• Population counts are based on estimated resident populations at 30 June for each year. Australian estimated resident population data are sourced from Australian demographic statistics (ABS cat. no. 3101.0).

Australia Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data was reported at 100.000 % in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 % for 2010. Australia Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data is updated yearly, averaging 99.250 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2016, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in 2016 and a record low of 96.600 % in 1997. Australia Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Completeness of death registration is the estimated percentage of deaths that are registered with their cause of death information in the vital registration system of a country.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).;Weighted average;

Suicide Mortality Rate per 100,000 2016-2019.

Suicide was the 13th leading cause of death in 2019. In 2019, the overall age-standardised suicide rate was 12.9 per 100,000 in Australia.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death, Australia, 2019 reports that there were 3,318 registered suicides in 2019.

This dataset, released February 2021, contains the statistics of premature mortality by various causes for people below 75 years, over the years 2014 to 2018. Causes for death include cancer (colorectal, lung, breast), diabetes, circulatory system diseases (ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease), respiratory system diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and external causes (road traffic injuries, suicide and self-inflicted injuries) The data is by Local Government Area (LGA) 2016 geographic boundaries. For more information please see the data source notes on the data. Source: Data compiled by PHIDU from deaths data based on the 2014 to 2018 Cause of Death Unit Record Files supplied by the Australian Coordinating Registry and the Victorian Department of Justice, on behalf of the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System. The population is the ABS Estimated Resident Population (ERP) for Australia, 30 June 2014 to 30 June 2018. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. Data that was not shown/not applicable/not published/not available for the specific area ('#', '..', '^', 'np, 'n.a.', 'n.y.a.' in original PHIDU data) was removed.It has been replaced by by Blank cells. For other keys and abbreviations refer to PHIDU Keys.

This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Australia as of October 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, around 30 percent of Australian respondents thought that most people killed through interpersonal violence in 2015 died from sharp objects such as knives, when the actual share of knife victims in 2015 was around 36 percent of all violent deaths in Australia.

Australia Mortality from CVD, Cancer, Diabetes or CRD between Exact Ages 30 and 70 data was reported at 8.600 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.700 % for 2018. Australia Mortality from CVD, Cancer, Diabetes or CRD between Exact Ages 30 and 70 data is updated yearly, averaging 10.000 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2019, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.900 % in 2000 and a record low of 8.600 % in 2019. Australia Mortality from CVD, Cancer, Diabetes or CRD between Exact Ages 30 and 70 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;Weighted average;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.4.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

In 2020, the cancer which caused the most deaths in Australia and Oceania was lung cancer, in which 22.7 percent of all deaths due to cancer where from lung cancer. In comparison, one percent of cancer deaths in Australia and Oceania were caused by nasopharyngeal cancer in 2020.

This dataset presents the footprint of cancer mortality statistics in Australia for all cancers combined. The data spans the years 2006-2010 and is aggregated to the 2011 Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) Population Health Areas (PHA), based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Mortality data refer to the number of deaths due to cancer in a given time period. Cancer deaths data are sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013 National Mortality Database (NMD).

For further information about this dataset, please visit:

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across Regions (CIMAR) books.

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - 2013 National Mortality Database.

Please note:

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the PHIDU - PHAs.

• Due to changes in geographic classifications over time, long-term trends are not available.

• Values assigned to "n.p." in the original data have been removed from the data.

• The Australian and jurisdictional totals include people who could not be assigned a PHA. The number of people who could not be assigned a PHA is less than 1% of the total.

• The Australian total also includes residents of Other Territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory).

• Cause of Death Unit Record File data are provided to the AIHW by the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data are maintained by the AIHW in the NMD.

• Year refers to year of occurrence of death for years up to and including 2012, and year of registration of death for 2013. Deaths registered in 2011 and earlier are based on the final version of cause of death data; deaths registered in 2012 and 2013 are based on revised and preliminary versions, respectively and are subject to further revision by the ABS.

• Cause of death information are based on underlying cause of death and are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). Deaths registered in 1997 onwards are classified according to the 10th revision (ICD-10).

• Colorectal deaths presented are underestimates. For further information, refer to "Complexities in the measurement of bowel cancer in Australia" in Causes of Death, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3303.0).

In 2020 the number of deaths per 100,000 population caused by diabetes as the underlying cause in Australia was 15, consistent with the numbers from the previous year. This number has remained stable since 2018 after a peak at 18 deaths per 100,000 of the population in 2008.

The number of potentially avoidable deaths and their cause at age 0 to 74 years with corresponding mortality rates/ratios with respective confidence intervals, 2010 - 2014. The specified causes of death are: cancers, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, circulatory system diseases, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory system diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, deaths from select external causes of mortality, suicide and self-inflicted injuries, other external causes of mortality, transport accidents. (all entries that were classified as not shown, not published or not applicable were assigned a null value; no data was provided for Maralinga Tjarutja LGA, in South Australia). The data is by LGA 2015 profile (based on the LGA 2011 geographic boundaries). For more information on statistics used please refer to the PHIDU website, available from: http://phidu.torrens.edu.au/. For information on the avoidable mortality concept please refer to the Australian and New Zealand Atlas of Avoidable Mortality, available from: http://phidu.torrens.edu.au/. Source: Data compiled by PHIDU from deaths data based on the 2010 to 2014 Cause of Death Unit Record Files supplied by the Australian Coordinating Registry and the Victorian Department of Justice, and ABS Estimated Resident Population (ERP), 30 June 2010 to 30 June 2014.

This dataset presents the footprint of the rate of potentially avoidable deaths per 100,000 people, age-standardised, by sex. Potentially avoidable deaths are deaths below the age of 75 from conditions that are potentially preventable through individualised care and/or treatable through existing primary or hospital care. The data spans the years of 2009-2016 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data is based on analysis of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database (NMD). The database includes cause of death information which is sourced from the Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages in each state and territory, the National Coronial Information System, and compiled and coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). For further information about this dataset, visit the data source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Life Expectancy and Potentially Avoidable Deaths 2014-2016 Data Tables. Please note: AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas. Rates have been age-standardised to facilitate comparisons between populations with different age structures.

In 2023, lung cancer was estimated to cause the most female deaths out of all the different types of cancer in Australia, with an estimated death toll of almost 3,850. In contrast, liver cancer was estimated to have caused just over 580 female deaths in 2023.

This dataset, released July 2018, contains statistics for deaths of people aged 0-74 years during the years 2011-2015 based on the following causes: cancer, diabetes, circulatory system diseases, respiratory systems diseases and external causes. The data is by Population Health Area (PHA) 2016 geographic boundaries based on the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Population Health Areas, developed by PHIDU, are comprised of a combination of whole SA2s and multiple (aggregates of) SA2s, where the SA2 is an area in the ABS structure. For more information please see the data source notes on the data. Source: Data compiled by PHIDU from deaths data based on the 2011 to 2015 Cause of Death Unit Record Files supplied by the Australian Coordinating Registry and the Victorian Department of Justice, on behalf of the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System. The population at the small area level is the ABS Estimated Resident Population (ERP), 30 June 2011 to 30 June 2015, Statistical Areas Level 2; the population standard is the ABS ERP for Australia, 30 June 2011 to 30 June 2015. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. Data that was not shown/not applicable/not published/not available for the specific area ('#', '..', '^', 'np, 'n.a.', 'n.y.a.' in original PHIDU data) was removed.It has been replaced by by Blank cells. For other keys and abbreviations refer to PHIDU Keys.

Liver cirrhosis, also known as hepatic cirrhosis, was the cause of death of 6.8 per 100,000 males in Australia in 2010. Although the death rate from this condition had decreased for the male population over the preceding ten years, the rate was still almost 2.5 times greater in men than in women across the country. While there are many known causes of this disease, it typically develops as a result of chronic liver inflammation. In Australia, common causes of liver disease include hepatitis C, excessive alcohol consumption and obesity.

Alcohol consumption and liver health

While a large share of the male and female population consume alcohol, many believe that excessive drinking and alcohol abuse is a problem in the country. In fact, almost 60 percent of Australians were concerned about alcohol related health problems. The problems associated with excessive drinking vary from region to region. Recent research has shown that alcohol consumption in regional and remote areas of the country is significantly higher than in metropolitan areas. Unsurprisingly, the Northern Territory had the highest rate of alcohol-induced deaths in the country in 2017 – over four times the rate in Victoria.