EXPERIMENTAL INDIGENOUS LIFE TABLES
Life tables for the Indigenous population for the period 2005 to 2007 were published in May 2009 in Experimental Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2005-2007 (cat. no. 3302.0.55.003).
At the national level for 2005-2007, life expectancy at birth for Indigenous males is estimated to be 67.2 years, 11.5 years less than life expectancy at birth for non-Indigenous males (78.7 years). Life expectancy at birth for Indigenous females is estimated to be 72.9 years, 9.7 years less than life expectancy at birth for non-Indigenous females (82.6 years).
Life expectancy at birth differs across the states and territories (table 3.9). For Indigenous males, life expectancy at birth is highest in New South Wales (69.9 years) and lowest in the Northern Territory (61.5 years). A similar pattern exists for Indigenous females, with the highest life expectancy at birth in New South Wales (75.0 years) and the lowest in the Northern Territory (69.2 years).
Differences in life expectancy at birth estimates between non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians are greatest in the Northern Territory (14.2 years for males and 11.9 years for females) and Western Australia (14.0 years for males and 12.5 years for females).
3.9 Life expectancy at birth(a), Indigenous status - 2005-2007 |
|
 | Life expectancy at birth | |
| Indigenous | Non-Indigenous | Total(b) | Difference between non-Indigenous and Indigenous life expectancy at birth(c) |
| years | years | years | years |
Males |
|
| NSW | 69.9 | 78.7 | 78.5 | 8.8 |
| Qld | 68.3 | 78.6 | 78.4 | 10.4 |
| WA | 65.0 | 79.0 | 78.7 | 14.0 |
| NT | 61.5 | 75.7 | 72.0 | 14.2 |
| Aust.(d) | 67.2 | 78.7 | 78.5 | 11.5 |
Females |
|
| NSW | 75.0 | 82.5 | 82.4 | 7.5 |
| Qld | 73.6 | 82.5 | 82.3 | 8.9 |
| WA | 70.4 | 82.9 | 82.5 | 12.5 |
| NT | 69.2 | 81.2 | 77.6 | 11.9 |
| Aust.(d) | 72.9 | 82.6 | 82.4 | 9.7 |
Difference between males and females |
|
| NSW | -5.1 | -3.9 | -3.9 | .. |
| Qld | -5.3 | -3.9 | -4.0 | .. |
| WA | -5.4 | -3.8 | -3.9 | .. |
| NT | -7.7 | -5.4 | -5.6 | .. |
| Aust.(d) | -5.6 | -3.8 | -3.9 | .. |
|
| (a) Due to significant changes in methodology, estimates of life expectancy at birth for 2005-2007 are not comparable to previously published estimates. |
| (b) Estimates of life expectancy at birth for the total population presented in this table differ from estimates in Deaths, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 3302.0). See paragraph 38 of the Explanatory Notes. |
| (c) Differences are based on unrounded estimates. |
| (d) Includes all states and territories. |
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