3303.0 - Causes of Death, Australia, 2009

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Contents >> Deaths of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Persons >> Respiratory Diseases (J00-J99)

RESPIRATORY DISEASES (J00-J99)

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99) were the underlying cause of 190 Indigenous deaths. This represented 7.9% of all deaths of Indigenous people in 2009, the same proportion as deaths of non-Indigenous people. The median age at death of Indigenous people who died from respiratory diseases was 65.3 years, whereas for non-Indigenous people it was 82.7 years.

The most common types of respiratory disease that contributed to Indigenous deaths were Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47), which represented 4.9% (119 deaths) of all Indigenous deaths, compared with 4.2% of non-Indigenous deaths.