1.1 DEATHS, Selected summary statistics - 2001, 2010 and 2011 |
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 | | | 2001 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Total population | | | | |
| Infant deaths | no. | 1 309 | 1 229 | 1 140 |
| All deaths | no. | 128 544 | 143 473 | 146 932 |
| Crude death rate(a) | rate | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| Infant mortality rate(b) | rate | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Standardised death rate(c) | rate | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| Life expectancy at birth-Males(d) | years | 77.0 | 79.5 | 79.7 |
| Life expectancy at birth-Females(d) | years | 82.4 | 84.0 | 84.2 |
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population(e) | | | | |
| Infant deaths | no. | 116 | 120 | 105 |
| All deaths | no. | 1 945 | 2 600 | 2 387 |
| Crude death rate(f) | rate | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| Infant mortality rate(g) | rate | 13.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| Standardised death rate(c) | rate | 12.2 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
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| (a) Deaths per 1,000 population. |
| (b) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. |
| (c) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population. |
| (d) Life expectancy has been calculated using data for the three years ending in the year in the table heading. |
| (e) Data are for New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory combined, based on state or territory of usual residence. Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory are excluded due to the small numbers of registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths. |
| (f) Deaths per 1,000 population for 2001 and projected population for 2010 and 2011. |
| (g) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. These have been calculated using selected states and Northern Territory averaged data from three years ending in the year in the table heading. |
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