Deaths
CONTACT
Assistant Director
Demography Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Telephone (02) 6252 6557
Facsimile (02) 6252 7494
DESCRIPTION
Statistics on deaths registered in Australia are compiled from information provided by the Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages in each State and Territory. Death statistics are used to inform the development and evaluation of public health policies and programs and in the analysis of past population changes which are used to make projections of population and other demographic characteristics.
Statistics from these collections are published in Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0) which presents detailed statistics on deaths and causes of deaths registered in Australia. It includes information on infant deaths, deaths of Indigenous people, death rates and expectation of life at birth. Australian Life Tables are included. Each edition usually contains a feature chapter focusing on an issue related to death.
Scope
All registered deaths.
DISSEMINATION
Publication
Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0)
Data service
Customised unpublished data are available in a variety of formats.
Data Details
Data are available for each registered death.
Demographic and family information of the deceased
Age at death
Sex
Marital status
Age at marriage
Number of children
Country of birth
Duration of residence in Australia
Indigenous status
Deaths
Causes of death
Infant deaths
Mortality rates
Deaths of Indigenous people (for States and Territories where coverage is deemed to be adequate)
Australian Life Tables
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia, States and Territories.
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Annual.
METHOD OF COLLECTION
Administrative by-product.
HISTORICAL DATA
ABS has processed statistics on registered deaths since 1901. Selected time series from 1901-1995 are available in the 1995 issue.
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