3302.0 - Deaths, Australia, 2008 Quality Declaration 
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SUMMARY TABLES

2.16 Deaths, Australia - Selected years
1988
1993
1998
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
DEATHS
Total deaths no.
119 866
121 599
127 202
132 292
132 508
130 714
133 739
137 854
143 946
Males no.
65 082
65 089
67 073
68 330
68 395
67 241
68 556
70 569
73 548
Females no.
54 784
56 510
60 129
63 962
64 113
63 473
65 183
67 285
70 398
Sex ratio ratio
118.8
115.2
111.5
106.8
106.7
105.9
105.2
104.9
104.5
Standardised death rates(a)
Males rate
11.6
10.2
9.1
8.0
7.8
7.4
7.3
7.2
7.3
Females rate
7.1
6.4
5.8
5.3
5.2
5.0
4.9
4.9
5.0
Persons rate
9.0
8.0
7.2
6.5
6.3
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
Crude death rates(b)
Males rate
7.9
7.4
7.2
6.9
6.8
6.6
6.7
6.7
6.9
Females rate
6.6
6.4
6.4
6.4
6.3
6.2
6.3
6.3
6.5
Persons rate
7.3
6.9
6.8
6.6
6.6
6.4
6.5
6.5
6.7
Median age at death
Males years
71.6
72.9
74.5
76.2
76.6
76.8
77.3
77.5
77.9
Females years
78.2
79.5
81.0
82.4
82.6
82.9
83.3
83.5
83.9
Persons years
74.6
76.1
77.4
79.3
79.5
79.8
80.3
80.5
80.9
Life expectancy at exact age(c)
Males
0 years
73.1
75.0
75.9
77.8
78.1
78.5
78.7
79.0
79.2
1 years
72.8
74.5
75.3
77.2
77.5
77.9
78.1
78.4
78.6
25 years
49.8
51.3
52.1
53.8
54.1
54.5
54.7
55.0
55.1
45 years
31.2
32.5
33.4
35.0
35.2
35.6
35.7
36.0
36.1
65 years
14.8
15.7
16.3
17.6
17.8
18.1
18.3
18.5
18.6
85 years
5.0
5.1
5.4
5.6
5.7
5.9
5.9
6.0
5.9
Females
0 years
79.5
80.9
81.5
82.8
83.0
83.3
83.5
83.7
83.7
1 years
79.1
80.3
80.9
82.2
82.4
82.7
82.9
83.1
83.1
25 years
55.7
56.7
57.3
58.5
58.7
59.0
59.2
59.4
59.4
45 years
36.4
37.4
38.0
39.1
39.3
39.6
39.7
39.9
39.9
65 years
18.8
19.5
20.0
21.0
21.1
21.4
21.5
21.6
21.6
85 years
6.2
6.3
6.5
6.9
6.9
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.0
INFANT DEATHS
Total infant deaths no.
2 132
1 591
1 252
1 199
1 184
1 302
1 262
1 203
1 226
Males no.
1 227
918
706
677
678
714
727
655
702
Females no.
905
673
546
522
506
588
535
548
524
Infant mortality rates(d)
Males rate
9.7
6.9
5.5
5.2
5.2
5.4
5.3
4.5
4.6
Females rate
7.5
5.3
4.5
4.3
4.1
4.7
4.1
3.9
3.6
Persons rate
8.7
6.1
5.0
4.8
4.7
5.0
4.7
4.2
4.1
(a) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use total persons in the 2001 Australian population as the standard population.
(b) Deaths per 1,000 population.
(c) Prior to 1995 life expectancy was based on annual life tables calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. For 1995 onwards, life expectancy has been calculated using data for the three years ending in the year in the table heading.
(d) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

2.17 Deaths, States and territories - 2008
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.(a)
DEATHS
Total deaths no.
48 782
35 497
27 335
12 616
12 752
4 219
1 041
1 697
143 946
Males no.
24 765
17 798
14 462
6 255
6 692
2 103
624
847
73 548
Females no.
24 017
17 699
12 873
6 361
6 060
2 116
417
850
70 398
Sex ratio ratio
103.1
100.6
112.3
98.3
110.4
99.4
149.6
99.6
104.5
Standardised death rates(b)
Males rate
7.3
7.0
7.5
7.2
7.1
8.2
10.6
6.8
7.3
Females rate
5.0
4.9
5.1
5.0
4.8
5.8
7.7
5.0
5.0
Persons rate
6.0
5.8
6.2
6.0
5.9
6.9
9.2
5.8
6.0
Crude death rates(c)
Males rate
7.2
6.8
6.7
7.9
6.1
8.6
5.5
4.9
6.9
Females rate
6.8
6.6
6.0
7.8
5.7
8.4
3.9
4.9
6.5
Persons rate
7.0
6.7
6.4
7.9
5.9
8.5
4.7
4.9
6.7
Median age at death
Male years
78.3
78.5
77.0
79.0
76.3
78.1
61.5
78.1
77.9
Female years
84.0
84.2
83.4
84.5
83.7
83.3
61.5
83.0
83.9
Persons years
81.1
81.4
80.1
81.9
79.9
80.9
61.5
80.3
80.9
INFANT DEATHS
Total infant deaths no.
412
264
308
59
108
26
24
24
1 226
Males no.
241
151
174
31
58
15
16
16
702
Females no.
171
113
134
28
50
11
8
8
524
Infant mortality rate(d)
Males rate
5.0
4.1
5.3
3.0
3.6
4.3
8.0
6.5
4.6
Females rate
3.7
3.3
4.4
2.8
3.2
3.3
4.1
3.4
3.6
Persons rate
4.4
3.7
4.9
2.9
3.4
3.8
6.1
5.0
4.1
(a) Includes Other Territories.
(b) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use total persons in the 2001 Australian population as the standard population.
(c) Deaths per 1,000 population.
(d) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.





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