1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
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The crude Tasmanian death rate for 2000 was 7.9 per thousand of mid-year population, which along with South Australia was the highest of any State or Territory in Australia. The Australian crude death rate for 2000 was 6.7 deaths per thousand of mid-year population.

In comparison, the 2000 Tasmanian standardised death rate (which allows a comparison of death rates between populations with different age structures by relating them to a standard population) was 6.2 thousand of mid-year population, which was the second highest after the Northern Territory (8.9). The Australian standardised death rate was 5.7 per thousand of mid-year population.

AGE-SPECIFIC DEATH RATES - 2000
Males
Females
Tasmania
Australia
Tasmania
Australia

Age (years)
deaths per '000
deaths per '000
deaths per '000
deaths per '000
0
5.7
5.7
5.7
4.7
1-4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
5-9
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
10-14
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
15-19
1.1
0.7
0.4
0.3
20-24
1.0
1.0
0.3
0.4
25-29
1.1
1.2
0.3
0.4
30-34
1.6
1.3
0.5
0.5
35-39
1.6
1.5
0.9
0.8
40-44
2.5
1.9
0.9
1.0
45-49
2.8
2.4
1.8
1.6
50-54
3.9
3.8
3.0
2.4
55-59
6.6
6.3
4.3
4.0
60-64
11.3
10.4
6.9
5.9
65-69
20.9
17.9
11.5
10.0
70-74
35.7
31.0
19.0
17.0
75-79
58.4
51.6
34.8
29.1
80-84
94.2
85.0
59.6
55.7
85 and over
160.4
165.3
136.6
137.9
Source: Deaths, Australia (Cat. no. 3302.0).




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