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Deaths, Australia

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Statistics about deaths and mortality rates for Australia, states and territories, and sub-state regions

Reference period

2019

Released

24/09/2020

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Key statistics

There were 169,301 registered deaths in 2019, an increase of 10,808 since 2018
The standardised death rate increased to 5.3 deaths, from 5.1 in 2018
Infant deaths increased by 21 deaths to 1,009

Summary statistics
		2009	2018	2019(a)

All deaths	no.	140,760	158,493	169,301
Infant deaths	no.	1,261	988	1,009
Standardised death rate	rate	5.8	5.1	5.3
Crude death rate	rate	6.5	6.3	6.7
Infant mortality rate	rate	4.2	3.1	3.3

a. Data for 2019 shows an increase of 10,808 deaths compared with the number of deaths registered in 2018. Victoria recorded the largest increase (5,713 deaths), which included 2,812 deaths from between 2017 to 2019 that had not previously been supplied to the ABS. New South Wales recorded the second largest increase (2,425 deaths) which reflected more timely registration of deaths. Further information can be found in paragraph 23 in the Explanatory Notes.

The standardised death rate (SDR) uses the age distribution of total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population. The SDR is expressed as deaths per 1,000 standard population.

The crude death rate is the number of deaths registered during the calendar year per 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June.

The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of children under one year of age in a specified period per 1,000 live births in the same period.

Births registered by Indigenous status of the birth(a)

State or territory of usual residence	Sex	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Not stated	Total
NSW
	Males	3,779	46,884	277	50,940
	Females	3,582	44,142	242	47,966
	Persons	7,361	91,026	519	98,906
Vic.
	Males	884	38,105	712	39,701
	Females	848	35,980	691	37,519
	Persons	1,732	74,085	1,403	77,220
Qld
	Males	3,449	28,324	20	31,793
	Females	3,403	26,508	31	29,942
	Persons	6,852	54,832	51	61,735
SA
	Males	548	9,240	204	9,992
	Females	534	8,765	199	9,498
	Persons	1,082	18,005	403	19,490
WA
	Males	1,370	15,697	251	17,318
	Females	1,310	14,664	247	16,221
	Persons	2,680	30,361	498	33,539
Tas.
	Males	299	2,667	7	2,973
	Females	319	2,444	5	2,768
	Persons	618	5,111	12	5,741
NT
	Males	702	1,181	1	1,884
	Females	667	1,106	2	1,774
	Persons	1,369	2,287	4	3,658
ACT
	Males	114	2,744	8	2,866
	Females	116	2,528	10	2,654
	Persons	230	5,272	18	5,520
Aust.(b)
	Males	11,145	144,851	1,480	157,476
	Females	10,780	136,149	1,427	148,356
	Persons	21,925	281,000	2,907	305,832

National

Deaths registered

There were 169,301 deaths registered in 2019, an increase of 10,808 from 2018 (158,493)
There were more male deaths (88,346) than female deaths (80,955), resulting in a sex ratio of 109.1 male deaths for every 100 female deaths
Over three quarters (78.3%) of deaths registered were to usual residents of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland combined.

Deaths registered, 1915 to 2019(a)
	Males	Females
1915	30,654	22,128
1916	31,018	23,179
1917	27,609	20,420
1918	28,585	21,664
1919	37,632	28,298
1920	32,053	24,236
1921	30,652	23,424
1922	29,245	22,066
1923	31,622	24,614
1924	31,103	23,877
1925	31,134	23,434
1926	32,387	24,565
1927	32,858	25,424
1928	33,145	26,233
1929	34,718	26,139
1930	31,148	24,183
1931	31,796	24,764
1932	31,860	24,897
1933	33,250	25,867
1934	34,571	27,658
1935	35,691	27,908
1936	35,651	28,281
1937	36,246	28,250
1938	37,046	29,405
1939	38,837	30,310
1940	38,608	29,776
1941	39,409	31,767
1942	41,587	33,604
1943	40,778	33,708
1944	37,820	31,776
1945	38,211	32,020
1946	41,283	33,378
1947	40,769	32,699
1948	42,655	34,184
1949	42,195	33,065
1950	43,720	34,467
1951	45,953	35,835
1952	45,851	35,746
1953	44,822	35,366
1954	45,787	36,018
1955	46,188	35,848
1956	48,192	37,896
1957	47,659	37,294
1958	47,050	36,673
1959	50,293	38,919
1960	49,629	38,835
1961	50,248	38,713
1962	52,378	40,785
1963	53,212	41,682
1964	56,246	44,348
1965	55,770	43,945
1966	57,795	46,134
1967	57,508	45,195
1968	61,061	48,486
1969	59,686	46,810
1970	62,828	50,220
1971	61,074	49,576
1972	61,116	48,644
1973	61,588	49,234
1974	64,299	51,534
1975	60,738	48,283
1976	62,527	50,135
1977	60,320	48,470
1978	60,281	48,144
1979	59,257	47,311
1980	60,518	48,177
1981	60,696	48,307
1982	63,295	51,476
1983	60,450	49,634
1984	59,987	49,927
1985	64,156	54,652
1986	62,210	52,771
1987	63,611	53,710
1988	65,082	54,784
1989	66,926	57,306
1990	64,660	55,402
1991	64,067	55,079
1992	66,115	57,545
1993	65,089	56,510
1994	67,464	59,228
1995	66,251	58,882
1996	68,206	60,513
1997	67,752	61,598
1998	67,073	60,129
1999	67,227	60,875
2000	66,817	61,474
2001	66,835	61,709
2002	68,885	64,822
2003	68,330	63,962
2004	68,395	64,113
2005	67,241	63,473
2006	68,556	65,183
2007	70,569	67,285
2008	73,548	70,398
2009	72,320	68,440
2010	73,484	69,989
2011	75,330	71,602
2012	74,794	72,304
2013	75,782	71,896
2014	78,341	75,239
2015	81,330	77,722
2016	81,867	76,637
2017	82,858	78,051
2018	82,320	76,173
2019	88,346	80,955

Deaths registered, 1915 to 2019(a)

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Age and sex distribution

The distribution of deaths by age and sex reflects males dying at younger ages than females
From 0-84 years, there were more male deaths than there were female deaths
At age 85-89 years and onwards, more female deaths were recorded than male deaths

Age and sex distribution(a) - 2019
	Males	Females
0	576	433
1-4	106	77
5-9	72	46
10-14	77	69
15-19	342	140
20-24	604	230
25-29	702	283
30-34	795	353
35-39	1,018	523
40-44	1,309	753
45-49	2,057	1,170
50-54	2,561	1,543
55-59	3,921	2,412
60-64	5,452	3,290
65-69	6,954	4,350
70-74	9,437	6,335
75-79	11,015	7,940
80-84	13,151	11,055
85-89	13,946	14,927
90-94	10,372	15,606
95-99	3,514	7,887
100+	364	1,533

Age and sex distribution(a) - 2019

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a. Excludes deaths for which age was not stated

Median age at death

Standardised death rate

The standardised death rate:

increased to 5.3 deaths per 1,000 standard population, from 5.1 in 2018
declined from 5.8 in 2009 to 5.3 in 2019, with both males and females showing a similar decline

Standardised death rates, 1979 to 2019(a)
	Males	Females
1979	13.4	8
1980	13.4	7.9
1981	13.2	7.7
1982	13.4	8
1983	12.5	7.5
1984	12.1	7.3
1985	12.6	7.7
1986	11.7	7.2
1987	11.7	7.1
1988	11.6	7.1
1989	11.7	7.2
1990	10.9	6.8
1991	10.6	6.6
1992	10.6	6.7
1993	10.2	6.4
1994	10.4	6.5
1995	9.9	6.3
1996	9.9	6.2
1997	9.5	6.1
1998	9.2	5.8
1999	8.9	5.7
2000	8.6	5.6
2001	8.3	5.4
2002	8.3	5.5
2003	8.1	5.3
2004	7.9	5.2
2005	7.5	5
2006	7.4	5
2007	7.3	5
2008	7.4	5.1
2009	7	4.8
2010	6.9	4.7
2011	6.9	4.7
2012	6.6	4.6
2013	6.5	4.5
2014	6.5	4.6
2015	6.5	4.6
2016	6.4	4.5
2017	6.2	4.5
2018	6	4.3
2019	6.3	4.4

Standardised death rates, 1979 to 2019(a)

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Crude death rate

Age-specific death rate

States and territories

Deaths registered

Over three quarters (78.3%) of deaths registered were to usual residents of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland combined.

Deaths registered by state and territory of usual residence
State or territory	2009 (no.)	2018 (no.)	2019 (no.)	2019 (%)
New South Wales	46,974	53,633	56,058	33.1
Victoria(a)	35,640	38,231	43,944	26
Queensland	26,316	30,860	32,473	19.2
South Australia	12,468	13,571	13,917	8.2
Western Australia	12,566	14,652	15,042	8.9
Tasmania	4,188	4,287	4,663	2.8
Northern Territory	953	1,110	1,142	0.7
Australian Capital Territory	1,648	2,127	2,033	1.2
Australia(b)	140,760	158,493	169,301	100

Data for 2019 includes 2,812 deaths that had not previously been supplied to the ABS. The majority of these deaths were registered in 2017 and 2018. Further information can be found in paragraph 23 in the Explanatory Note
Includes Other Territories.

Median age at death

Standardised death rate

The standardised death rate was:

highest in the Northern Territory (7.3 deaths per 1,000 standard population), followed by Tasmania (5.9)
lowest in the Australian Capital Territory (4.7)

Over the past ten years, standardised death rates:

declined in all states and territories
declined the most in the Northern Territory (0.9 deaths per 1,000 standard population), followed by Western Australia and Tasmania (both 0.8)

Standardised death rates by state and territory
	2009	2019
NSW	5.7	5.3
Vic.	5.8	5.3
Qld.	6.0	5.3
SA	5.9	5.3
WA	5.7	4.9
Tas.	6.7	5.9
NT	8.2	7.3
ACT	5.4	4.7
Aust.	5.8	5.3

Standardised death rates by state and territory

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Infants

Deaths registered

There were 1,009 infant deaths (deaths of children aged less than one year) registered (576 boys and 433 girls)
This was a 2.1% increase compared with the number registered in 2018 (988)
Over the past ten years, the number of infant deaths has decreased overall (with some fluctuations) from 1,261 in 2009

Infant mortality rate

Australia has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world.

The infant mortality rate was:

3.3 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, compared with 3.1 in 2018
4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2009

Infant mortality rates, 1915 to 2019
	Infant mortality rate
1915	67.5
1916	70.3
1917	55.9
1918	58.6
1919	69.2
1920	69.1
1921	65.7
1922	52.7
1923	60.5
1924	57.1
1925	53.4
1926	54
1927	54.5
1928	53
1929	51.1
1930	47.2
1931	42.1
1932	41.3
1933	39.5
1934	43.6
1935	39.8
1936	41.2
1937	38.1
1938	38.3
1939	38.2
1940	38.4
1941	39.7
1942	39.5
1943	36.3
1944	31.3
1945	29.4
1946	29
1947	28.5
1948	27.8
1949	25.3
1950	24.5
1951	25.2
1952	23.8
1953	23.3
1954	22.5
1955	22
1956	21.7
1957	21.4
1958	20.5
1959	21.5
1960	20.2
1961	19.5
1962	20.4
1963	19.5
1964	19.1
1965	18.5
1966	18.7
1967	18.3
1968	17.8
1969	17.9
1970	17.9
1971	17.3
1972	16.7
1973	16.5
1974	16.1
1975	14.3
1976	13.8
1977	12.5
1978	12.2
1979	11.4
1980	10.7
1981	10
1982	10.3
1983	9.6
1984	9.2
1985	9.9
1986	8.8
1987	8.7
1988	8.7
1989	8
1990	8.2
1991	7.1
1992	7
1993	6.1
1994	5.9
1995	5.7
1996	5.8
1997	5.3
1998	5
1999	5.7
2000	5.2
2001	5.3
2002	5
2003	4.8
2004	4.7
2005	4.9
2006	4.7
2007	4.1
2008	4.1
2009	4.2
2010	4.1
2011	3.8
2012	3.3
2013	3.6
2014	3.4
2015	3.2
2016	3.1
2017	3.3
2018	3.1
2019	3.3

Infant mortality rates, 1915 to 2019

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Deaths registered

There were 3,787 deaths registered where the deceased person was recorded as being Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, or both
Deaths increased by 269 from 2018
NSW recorded the largest increase which reflected more timely registration of deaths that occurred in November and December 2019

Deaths by Indigenous status
State or territory of usual residence	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (no.)	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (%)	Non-Indigenous (no.)	Non-Indigenous (%)	Not stated (no.)	Not stated (%)	Total (no.)
NSW	1,122	2.0	54,220	96.7	716	1.3	56,058
Vic.	254	0.6	43,248	98.4	442	1.0	43,944
Qld	1,016	3.1	31,387	96.7	70	0.2	32,473
SA	223	1.6	13,680	98.3	14	0.1	13,917
WA	578	3.8	14,391	95.7	73	0.5	15,042
Tas.	68	1.5	4,575	98.1	20	0.4	4,663
NT	496	43.4	644	56.4	4	0.4	1,142
ACT	29	1.4	1,998	98.3	6	0.3	2,033
Aust.(a)	3,787	2.2	164,152	97.0	1,362	0.8	169,301

Includes Other Territories.

Age and sex distribution

Deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are more widely spread across younger age groups, whereas deaths of non-Indigenous people are concentrated in the older age groups. This reflects a younger age profile for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.

Age and sex distribution - 2019
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males (%)	Non-Indigenous males (%)	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females	Non-Indigenous females
0-4	2.01	0.37	1.8	0.26
5-9	0.16	0.04	0.03	0.03
10-14	0.21	0.04	0.32	0.03
15-19	0.92	0.18	0.66	0.07
20-24	1.4	0.33	0.69	0.12
25-29	1.58	0.39	0.74	0.15
30-34	1.87	0.44	1.14	0.19
35-39	2.06	0.56	1.61	0.28
40-44	3.09	0.72	1.8	0.41
45-49	4.54	1.13	2.83	0.64
50-54	4.99	1.42	3.06	0.86
55-59	5.36	2.24	4.25	1.36
60-64	6.76	3.13	4.91	1.87
65-69	5.49	4.07	4.49	2.53
70-74	4.99	5.57	4.52	3.72
75-79	3.64	6.57	3.38	4.72
80-84	3.12	7.87	3.62	6.61
85+	2.48	17.01	5.41	24.06

Age and sex distribution - 2019

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples five state/territory data

Median ages, age-specific death rates, standardised death rates and infant mortality rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are included in this commentary for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory only. These five jurisdictions have been included due to there being evidence of sufficient levels of identification and sufficient numbers of deaths to support mortality analysis. Total five state/territory combines data for these five jurisdictions.

Summary statistics(a)
		2009	2018	2019
All deaths	no.	2,230	3,218	3,435
Infant deaths	no.	97	99	113
Standardised death rate(b)	rate	9.9	9.1	9.1
Crude death rate(b)	rate	4	4.2	4.4
Infant mortality rate(b)	rate	7.2	5.8	5.8

Data for Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (based on state or territory of usual residence) are excluded due to the small numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths.
These rates are based on three-year averages. They are calculated for each calendar year and then averaged.

Median age at death

Age-specific death rate

Standardised death rate

The standardised death rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples:

was 9.1 deaths per 1,000 standard population, lower than 9.9 deaths per 1,000 ten years ago
for males fell to 10.3 from 10.9 ten years ago
for females fell to 8.1 from 8.9 over the same period
was highest in the Northern Territory at 12.9 and lowest in New South Wales at 7.2

Infant mortality rate

Deaths by year of registration and year of occurrence

While the interval between the occurrence and registration of deaths is often longer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples than for the non-Indigenous population, there is normally little difference between the number of deaths registered and the number that occurred in a given year. The number of deaths not registered in the year that they occurred are balanced by the number of deaths that occurred in the previous years but were subsequently registered. Data for the latest year will be underestimated if reported on a year of occurrence basis.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths, state or territory(a) of usual residence by year of registration

	NSW(b)	Vic.	Qld(c)(d)	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(e)
1,999	435	130	529	116	350	11	399	6	1,976
2,000	473	108	535	144	407	8	450	2	2,127
2,001	481	93	565	125	345	32	429	3	2,072
2,002	516	64	590	107	371	20	462	4	2,136
2,003	485	82	569	137	338	23	435	9	2,079
2,004	490	54	579	131	400	20	449	10	2,136
2,005	507	71	519	142	406	28	454	11	2,141
2,006	530	111	584	124	443	20	452	14	2,279
2,007	601	95	594	138	449	24	461	6	2,368
2,008	559	97	562	141	486	24	467	16	2,353
2,009	591	106	632	160	416	30	431	10	2,377
2,010	622	117	948	147	436	37	447	13	2,767
2,011	726	128	629	141	454	30	437	12	2,558
2,012	635	100	678	151	466	45	539	6	2,620
2,013	753	123	765	177	457	27	489	18	2,811
2,014	794	139	688	169	517	31	562	13	2,914
2,015	822	141	842	167	511	50	537	17	3,088
2,016	857	175	884	170	565	54	443	19	3,168
2,017	857	186	897	222	508	52	504	22	3,250
2,018	960	211	963	223	563	66	509	22	3,518
2,019	1,122	254	1,016	223	578	68	496	29	3,787

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths, state or territory(a) of usual residence by year of occurrence(b)

	NSW	Vic.	Qld(c)(d)	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(e)
1,999	433	105	540	117	348	12	438	7	2,000
2,000	480	115	619	140	384	10	429	1	2,178
2,001	487	81	581	122	368	29	430	3	2,100
2,002	508	64	614	108	384	22	471	5	2,178
2,003	494	83	595	144	324	22	419	12	2,095
2,004	481	55	635	134	391	19	437	7	2,161
2,005	508	81	542	140	416	32	496	12	2,230
2,006	531	117	592	124	462	16	454	12	2,309
2,007	599	94	592	143	462	25	465	8	2,388
2,008	559	97	554	144	475	23	491	14	2,358
2,009	596	109	628	148	409	33	440	12	2,376
2,010	640	133	633	149	425	35	429	12	2,457
2,011	711	105	650	148	444	32	484	11	2,585
2,012	666	113	682	158	452	43	508	7	2,629
2,013	757	116	749	167	465	29	509	17	2,811
2,014	796	134	719	177	497	30	546	16	2,916
2,015	799	148	840	158	533	50	502	16	3,047
2,016	864	198	848	178	540	53	461	19	3,162
2,017	900	185	920	226	529	56	516	23	3,357
2,018	962	195	950	220	551	63	535	20	3,497
2,019	1,017	221	913	194	503	66	326	28	3,269

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