(a) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 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.
2.19 Deaths, States and territories - 2010
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.(a)
DEATHS
Total deaths
no.
47 945
35 623
27 289
12 957
12 720
4 269
981
1 679
143 473
Males
no.
24 352
17 935
14 356
6 400
6 794
2 132
624
884
73 484
Females
no.
23 593
17 688
12 933
6 557
5 926
2 137
357
795
69 989
Sex ratio
ratio
103.2
101.4
111.0
97.6
114.6
99.8
174.8
111.2
105.0
Standardised death rate(b)
Males
rate
6.7
6.6
7.0
7.0
6.7
7.9
9.1
6.5
6.8
Females
rate
4.6
4.6
4.8
4.9
4.5
5.7
6.2
4.3
4.7
Persons
rate
5.6
5.5
5.8
5.9
5.5
6.7
7.7
5.3
5.7
Crude death rate(c)
Males
rate
6.8
6.5
6.4
7.9
5.8
8.5
5.2
5.0
6.6
Females
rate
6.5
6.3
5.7
7.9
5.2
8.3
3.2
4.4
6.3
Persons
rate
6.6
6.4
6.1
7.9
5.6
8.4
4.3
4.7
6.4
Median age at death
Male
years
78.4
79.1
76.7
79.4
76.9
77.7
60.1
77.4
78.1
Female
years
84.2
84.8
83.4
84.8
83.7
83.7
64.3
84.2
84.2
Persons
years
81.4
82.0
80.1
82.3
80.2
80.7
61.4
81.1
81.2
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT EXACT AGE
Male
0
years
79.6
80.0
79.4
79.4
79.7
78.0
74.0
80.5
79.5
1
years
79.0
79.3
78.8
78.7
79.0
77.5
73.5
79.9
78.9
25
years
55.4
55.7
55.3
55.2
55.5
54.1
50.6
56.3
55.4
45
years
36.3
36.7
36.4
36.3
36.6
35.3
32.7
37.2
36.3
65
years
18.9
19.0
18.8
18.8
19.1
18.0
16.7
19.3
18.9
85
years
6.0
6.1
6.1
6.0
6.2
5.6
5.3
6.0
6.0
Female
0
years
84.1
84.3
83.9
83.8
84.3
82.3
79.2
84.7
84.0
1
years
83.4
83.5
83.3
83.1
83.5
81.6
78.7
83.9
83.3
25
years
59.7
59.8
59.6
59.3
59.9
57.9
55.4
60.1
59.6
45
years
40.2
40.3
40.1
40.0
40.5
38.6
36.6
40.6
40.1
65
years
21.9
21.9
21.8
21.8
22.1
20.6
19.6
22.1
21.8
85
years
7.2
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.2
6.6
6.1
7.2
7.1
INFANT DEATHS
Total infant deaths
no.
390
230
347
76
113
26
28
19
1 229
Males
no.
231
133
209
49
72
15
16
13
738
Females
no.
159
97
138
27
41
11
12
6
491
Infant mortality rate(d)
Males
rate
4.7
3.7
6.3
4.7
4.5
4.5
7.9
4.9
4.8
Females
rate
3.4
2.8
4.4
2.8
2.7
3.6
6.4
2.4
3.4
Persons
rate
4.1
3.3
5.4
3.8
3.6
4.1
7.2
3.7
4.1
(a) Includes Other Territories.
(b) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population.