3303.0 - Causes of Death, Australia, 2013

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 31/03/2015

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Key changes in this issue Summary of findings + Leading 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) Infant Mortality Year of Occurrence Changes in Australia's leading causes of death (Media Release) History of changes About this Release	RESPIRATORY DISEASES (J00-J99) Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99) were the underlying cause of death for 216 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in 2013 and accounted for 8.2% of deaths. Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) were the most common respiratory diseases, causing 148 deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons. The age standardised death rate for Chronic lower respiratory diseases was 2.4 times higher (rate ratio of 2.4) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians (65.0 per 100,000 and 26.6 per 100,000, respectively). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.