3302.0 - Deaths, Australia, 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/11/2012   
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1.1 DEATHS, Selected summary statistics - 2001, 2010 and 2011


2001
2010
2011

Total population
Infant deaths no.
1 309
1 229
1 140
All deaths no.
128 544
143 473
146 932
Crude death rate(a) rate
6.6
6.4
6.5
Infant mortality rate(b) rate
5.3
4.1
3.8
Standardised death rate(c) rate
6.6
5.7
5.6
Life expectancy at birth-Males(d) years
77.0
79.5
79.7
Life expectancy at birth-Females(d) years
82.4
84.0
84.2
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population(e)
Infant deaths no.
116
120
105
All deaths no.
1 945
2 600
2 387
Crude death rate(f) rate
4.7
5.2
4.7
Infant mortality rate(g) rate
13.2
7.5
7.2
Standardised death rate(c) rate
12.2
11.3
11.2

(a) Deaths per 1,000 population.
(b) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
(c) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population.
(d) Life expectancy has been calculated using data for the three years ending in the year in the table heading.
(e) Data are for New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory combined, based on state or territory of usual residence. Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory are excluded due to the small numbers of registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths.
(f) Deaths per 1,000 population for 2001 and projected population for 2010 and 2011.
(g) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. These have been calculated using selected states and Northern Territory averaged data from three years ending in the year in the table heading.  

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Deaths
Includes: Deaths
Death Rates
Includes: MORTALITY RATES
Infant Deaths
Includes: INFANT DEATHS, INFANT MORTALITY RATES
Life Expectancy at Birth
Includes: LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deaths
Includes: DEATHS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AUSTRALIANS