3303.0 - Causes of Death, Australia, 2012

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Contents In this issue Introduction + Leading Causes of Death + Underlying Causes of Death by Selected ICD-10 Chapters + Multiple Causes of Death + Suicides + Deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons Leading Causes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deaths Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00-I99) Cancer (C00-D48) Diabetes (E10-E14) Respiratory Diseases (J00-J99) Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K93) External Causes (V01-Y98) Potentially Avoidable Mortality Infant Mortality + Perinatal Deaths Year of Occurrence Heart disease deaths still falling, but dementia on the rise (Media Release) About this Release	DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (K00-K93) Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K93) were the underlying cause of death for 115 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in 2012, which accounted for 4.7% of deaths. The most common types of digestive disease that contributed to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths were Diseases of the liver (K70-K76), which was the underlying cause of 72 deaths in 2012. The age standardised death rate for Diseases of the liver was four times higher (rate ratio of 4.1) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians (23.4 per 100,000 and 5.7 per 100,000, respectively). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.