ALL DEATHS
There were 140,760 doctor and coroner certified deaths registered in Australia in 2009. This was 3,186 (2.2%) less than the number registered in 2008 (143,946). The standardised death rate (SDR) in 2009 was 5.7 deaths per 1,000 standard population. This continues a steady decline in the standardised death rate over the past decade from 7.1 deaths per 1,000 in 1999. See Explanatory Note 39 for further information on standardised death rates.
Males accounted for 72,320 (51.4%) deaths registered in 2009, and females accounted for the remaining 68,440 deaths (48.6%). The sex ratio (male deaths per 100 female deaths) has been gradually declining over the past decade, down from 110.4 in 1999 to 105.7 in 2009.
Further details on numbers of deaths registered can be found in Deaths, Australia, 2009 (cat.no. 3302.0).
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