There were 3,892 deaths recorded in Tasmania in 2004. The greatest proportion of these, 48.7%, occurred among residents of the Greater Hobart-Southern Region. In each Region, Malignant neoplasms and Ischaemic heart diseases were the most common single causes of death.
CAUSES OF DEATH, Tasmanian regions - 2004(a) |
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 |  | Greater Hobart-Southern | Northern | Mersey-Lyell | Tasmania(d) |
Cause of death(b) |
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| Malignant neoplasms | 594 | 309 | 263 | 1,171 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system |  |  |  |  |
 | Ischaemic heart disease | 316 | 216 | 133 | 667 |
 | Cerebrovascular disease | 131 | 83 | 48 | 263 |
 | Total(c) | 625 | 398 | 267 | 1,293 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 146 | 92 | 77 | 317 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 54 | 25 | 20 | 100 |
| All other diseases | 352 | 225 | 151 | 734 |
| External causes | 123 | 90 | 60 | 277 |
| All causes | 1,894 | 1,139 | 838 | 3,892 |
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(a) Data relates to usual residence deaths registered in year of registration.
(b) Classified according to the tenth revision of the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
(c) Includes other diseases of the circulatory system.
(d) Includes Tasmania undefined.
Source: Causes of Death, Australia (Cat. No. 3303.0).
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