During the 2022-2023 reporting period, about 5.26 people died per 1,000 standard inhabitants in Australia. This figure represents a slight increase compared to the previous year.

UNICEF's country profile for Australia, including under-five mortality rates, child health, education and sanitation data.

Australia Mortality Rate: Adult: Female: per 1000 Female Adults data was reported at 41.647 Ratio in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 41.652 Ratio for 2020. Australia Mortality Rate: Adult: Female: per 1000 Female Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 65.815 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2021, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 119.568 Ratio in 1966 and a record low of 41.647 Ratio in 2021. Australia Mortality Rate: Adult: Female: per 1000 Female Adults 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. Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision. (2) HMD. Human Mortality Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany), University of California, Berkeley (USA), and French Institute for Demographic Studies (France). Available at www.mortality.org.;Weighted average;

In 2023, the infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births in Australia was 3.1. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by 17.3, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Australia was reported at 3.7 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

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Australia Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data was reported at 72.640 Ratio in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 73.018 Ratio for 2020. Australia Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 121.335 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2021, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 209.646 Ratio in 1964 and a record low of 72.640 Ratio in 2021. Australia Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults 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. Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision. (2) HMD. Human Mortality Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany), University of California, Berkeley (USA), and French Institute for Demographic Studies (France). Available at www.mortality.org.;Weighted average;

In the 2022-2023 reporting period, 9.55 infants per 1,000 live births died before the age of one in the Northern Territory in Australia. In comparison, New South Wales recorded 2.81 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Australia was reported at 3.1 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

The average for 2022 based on 12 countries was 2 deaths per 1000 births. The highest value was in Kiribati: 6 deaths per 1000 births and the lowest value was in Australia: 0 deaths per 1000 births. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Australia Mortality Rate: Neonatal: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 2.300 Ratio in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.300 Ratio for 2022. Australia Mortality Rate: Neonatal: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 3.700 Ratio from Dec 1968 (Median) to 2023, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.900 Ratio in 1968 and a record low of 2.300 Ratio in 2023. Australia Mortality Rate: Neonatal: per 1000 Live Births 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. Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.;Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.;Weighted average;Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.2.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

This dataset contains statistics for deaths and mortality in Australia. It includes all deaths that occurred and were registered in Australia, including deaths of persons whose place of usual residence was overseas. Deaths of Australian residents that occurred outside Australia may be registered by individual Registrars, but are not included in Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) death statistics. Standardised death rates in this dataset differ from those in the ABS.Stat datasets and commentary. Standardised death rates in this dataset are averaged using data for the three years ending in the reference year. They are calculated for each calendar year and then averaged. Standardised death rates in the ABS.Stat datasets and commentary are based on death registration data for the reference year only. Null values represent data not available for publication This dataset uses deaths and estimated resident population (ERP) for Statistical Area 2 (SA2) of Australia for 30 June 2012 to 2020, according to the 2016 edition of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). ERP is final for 2012 to 2016, revised for 2017 to 2019 and preliminary for 2020, based on the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Data has been sourced from the September 2021 release. For more information including which ERP was used in this dataset please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS with the 2016 SA2 boundaries.

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 2017 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on 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 using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

• 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.

• 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: Deaths of children five to fourteen years of age per 1000 live births: The latest value from 2022 is 0 deaths per 1000 births, unchanged from 0 deaths per 1000 births in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 3 deaths per 1000 births, based on data from 187 countries. Historically, the average for Australia from 1990 to 2022 is 1 deaths per 1000 births. The minimum value, 0 deaths per 1000 births, was reached in 2011 while the maximum of 1 deaths per 1000 births was recorded in 1990.

Extracted in machine readable form from the AIHW General Record of Incidence of Mortality (GRIM) books.

GRIM books are Excel workbooks that contain national level, historical and recent deaths data for specific causes of death. The tables present age- and sex-specific counts and rates by cause of death, along with other summary measures.

GRIM books are available for all causes of death combined and 55 other cause of death groupings. They span different years for different causes of death, depending on the data available. GRIM books for some causes of death start at 1907 and they are the only national electronic tabulations of deaths data by cause registered before 1964. Data from 1964 onwards are sourced from the AIHW National Mortality Database. They include mortality data up to 2023.

For more information, please see Deaths data at AIHW or contact us at deaths@aihw.gov.au.

Also available on data.gov.au are the AIHW Mortality Over Regions and Time (MORT) books.

The death rate in Australia decreased by *** deaths per 1,000 inhabitants (-5.48 percent) in 2023 in comparison to the previous year. This decrease was preceded by an increase in death rate.The crude death rate refers to the number of deaths in a given year, expressed per 1,000 population. When studied in combination with the crude birth rate, the rate of natural population increase can be determined.Find more key insights for the death rate in countries like Solomon Islands and Micronesia.

IntroductionAdult male and female mortality declines in Japan have been slower than in most high-income countries since the early 1990s. This study compares Japan’s recent life expectancy trends with the more favourable trends in Australia, measures the contribution of age groups and causes of death to differences in these trends, and places the findings in the context of the countries’ risk factor transitions.MethodsThe study utilises data on deaths by age, sex and cause in Australia and Japan from 1950–2016 from the Global Burden of Disease Study. A decomposition method measures the contributions of various ages and causes to the male and female life expectancy gap and changes over four distinct phases during this period. Mortality differences by cohort are also assessed.FindingsJapan’s two-year male life expectancy advantage over Australia in the 1980s closed in the following 20 years. The trend was driven by ages 45–64 and then 65–79 years, and the cohort born in the late 1940s. Over half of Australia’s gains were from declines in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality, with lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease and self-harm also contributing substantially. Since 2011 the trend has reversed again, and in 2016 Japan had a slightly higher male life expectancy. The advantage in Japanese female life expectancy widened over the period to 2.3 years in 2016. The 2016 gap was mostly from differential mortality at ages 65 years and over from IHD, chronic respiratory disease and cancers.ConclusionsThe considerable gains in Australian male life expectancy from declining non-communicable disease mortality are attributable to a range of risk factors, including declining smoking prevalence due to strong public health interventions. A recent reversal in life expectancy trends could continue because Japan has greater scope for further falls in smoking and far lower levels of obesity. Japan’s substantial female life expectancy advantage however could diminish in future because it is primarily due to lower mortality at old ages.

3.4 (deaths per thousand live births) in 2023. Child mortality rate is the probability of dying between the exact ages of one and five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Australia was reported at 72.64 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Age-specific Death rate by persons – Underlying cause of death (ABS) There is no current data for Under-five specifically, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) both report from Under 1 Year and 1-14 years.