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LEADING CAUSES OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER DEATHS The following analysis is based on 2,469 deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, which is an aggregate of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory data only for the 2012 reference year. Only these five jurisdictions have a sufficient level of Indigenous identification and sufficient numbers of Indigenous deaths to support mortality analysis. Caution should still be taken when interpreting data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians presented in this publication, especially with regard to year to year changes. See Explanatory Notes 68-76 for further information. Over three-quarters (78.7%) of deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons were accounted for by the following five underlying causes of death: Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99; 621 deaths or 25.2%); Neoplasms (C00-D48; 524 deaths or 21.2%); External causes of mortality (V01-Y98; 380 deaths or 15.4%); Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90; 225 deaths or 9.1%) and Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99; 194 deaths or 7.9%). Table 6.1 highlights the leading causes based on the World Health Organization recommendation for leading causes (see Section 2, Leading Causes of Death for more information). The top 10 leading causes of death account for over half (53.7%) of all deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons. All rate ratios presented in this table and all following sections are based on age standardised death rates (the number of deaths per 100,000 persons) comparing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous populations.
Figure 6.2 presents further comparisons of age-standardised rates for specific causes for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous populations. Footnote(s): (a) Includes deaths of persons identified as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (b) Data are reported by jurisdiction of usual residence for NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT only. Only these five states and territories have evidence of a sufficient level of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification and sufficient numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths to support mortality analysis. See Explanatory Notes 68-76 for further information on interpreting data relating to deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons. (c) Standardised deaths rate per 100,000 population. (d) See Explanatory Notes 81-99 for further information on specific issues to be considered when interpreting time series and 2012 data. (e) Causes of death data for 2012 are preliminary and subject to a revisions process. See Explanatory Notes 29-33 and Technical Notes, Causes of Death Revisions, 2006 and Causes of Death Revisions, 2010 and 2011. Source(s): Causes of Death, Australia Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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