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Summary report - Provisional Mortality Statistics, Jan - Oct 2022

Provisional data on the number of deaths and COVID-19 deaths.

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Provisional Mortality Statistics, Jan - Sep 2022

Reduced content published for Jan - Oct 2022

The usual Provisional Mortality report and COVID-19 mortality article will not be published this month. This report includes summary content on all-cause and COVID-19 mortality.

The Provisional Mortality report will return to the usual format with the next publication in February 2023.

All-cause mortality

In 2022, there were 159,965 deaths that occurred by 31 October and were registered by 31 December 2022.

All deaths by age and sex, Jan-Oct 2022 (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
MaleFemalePersons
0-444,2702,3476,617
45-6411,6647,30918,973
65-7414,8849,72024,604
75-8424,47018,62743,097
85 and over28,25738,41466,671
All ages83,54676,419159,965
  1. Includes all deaths (both doctor and coroner certified) that occurred by 31 October and were registered by 31 December 2022.
  2. Data is by date of occurrence.
  3. Data is provisional and subject to change.
  4. All ages includes age not stated.
  5. Refer to the methodology for more information regarding the data in this graph.
All deaths by state of registration, Jan-Oct 2022 (a)(b)(c)(d)
All deaths
NSW52,500
Vic39,693
Qld32,352
SA13,305
WA14,403
Tas4,274
NT1,026
ACT2,412
Aus159,965
  1. Includes all deaths (both doctor and coroner certified) that occurred by 31 October and were registered by 31 December 2022.
  2. Data is by date of occurrence.
  3. Data is provisional and subject to change.
  4. Refer to the methodology for more information regarding the data in this graph.

COVID-19 mortality

14,407 deaths where people died with or from COVID-19, that occurred by 31 December 2022, have been registered and received by the ABS. The ABS expects to receive further registrations for this period from the jurisdictional Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

The underlying cause of death for 11,696 (81.2%) of these people was COVID-19. 

There were a further 2,711 people (18.8%) who died of other causes (e.g. cancer) but COVID-19 contributed to their death.

Of the 488,810 death registrations received by the ABS (both doctor and coroner certified) in Australia during the pandemic period, 3.0% are of people who have died with or from COVID-19.

Deaths due to COVID-19 by year and month of occurrence (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Year of death occurrenceJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20200023791231454731461681906
202121120013983134412602191,350
20221,6281,0284117089038601,3821,0934362354243329,440
  1. Includes COVID-19 death registrations only. Numbers will differ to disease surveillance systems.
  2. Includes all COVID-19 deaths (both doctor and coroner certified) that occurred and were registered by 31 December 2022.
  3. All deaths due to COVID-19 in this report have been coded to ICD-10 code U07.1 COVID-19, virus identified or U07.2 COVID-19, virus not identified as the underlying cause of death.
  4. Data is provisional and subject to change.
  5. Refer to the methodology for more information regarding the data in this table.
Deaths due to COVID-19 by age and sex (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)
MalesFemalesPersons
0-39523284
40-497948127
50-59220136356
60-69545308853
70-791,4777932,270
80-892,4971,8784,375
90 and over1,6042,0273,631
All ages6,4745,22211,696
  1. Includes COVID-19 death registrations only. Numbers will differ to disease surveillance systems.
  2. Includes all COVID-19 deaths (both doctor and coroner certified) that occurred and were registered by 31 December 2022.
  3. Data is by date of occurrence.
  4. Deaths due to COVID-19 in this report have an underlying cause of either ICD-10 code U07.1 COVID-19, virus identified or U07.2 COVID-19, virus not identified.
  5. Data is provisional and subject to change.
  6. All ages includes age not stated.
  7. Refer to the methodology for more information regarding the data in this graph.
Number and proportion of deaths due to COVID-19 by state of registration (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)
COVID-19 deaths (no.)Proportion of total COVID-19 deaths (%)
NSW4,13835.4
Vic4,26336.4
Qld1,59213.6
SA7326.3
WA5684.9
Tas2011.7
NT440.4
ACT1581.4
Aus11,696100
  1. Includes COVID-19 death registrations only. Numbers will differ to disease surveillance systems.
  2. Includes all COVID-19 deaths (both doctor and coroner certified) that occurred and were registered by 31 December 2022.
  3. Data is by date of occurrence.
  4. Deaths due to COVID-19 in this report have an underlying cause of either ICD-10 code U07.1 COVID-19, virus identified or U07.2 COVID-19, virus not identified.
  5. Data is provisional and subject to change.
  6. Refer to the methodology for more information regarding the data in this graph.
COVID-19 related deaths by year and month of occurrence (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Year of death occurrenceJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20200001010520009
202100000011214192158
202222020111519929228443942617596117802,644
  1. Includes COVID-19 death registrations only. Numbers will differ to disease surveillance systems.
  2. Includes all COVID-19 deaths (both doctor and coroner certified) that occurred and were registered by 31 December 2022.
  3. COVID-19 related deaths have an associated cause of either ICD-10 code U07.1 COVID-19, virus identified or U07.2 COVID-19, virus not identified.
  4. Data is provisional and subject to change.
  5. Refer to the methodology for more information regarding the data in this table.