3303.0 - Causes of Death, Australia, 2008 Quality Declaration 
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ABBREVIATIONS

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACS automated coding system
ACT Australian Capital Territory
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ANZSCO Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
ASDR age-specific death rate
ASGC Australian Standard Geographical Classification
Aust. Australia
cat. no. Catalogue number
CDR crude death rate
CM Clinically Modified
COAD chronic obstructive airways disease
DRF death registration form
ERP estimated resident population
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision
IHD ischaemic heart disease
IMR infant mortality rate
ISDR indirect standardised death rate
MCCD medical certificate of cause of death
MMDS Medical Mortality Data System
no. number
NCHS National Centre for Health Statistics
NCIS National Coroners Information System
NHPA National Health Priority Area
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
Qld Queensland
SA South Australia
SACC Standard Australian Classification of Countries
SDR standardised death rate
SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SLA statistical local area
Tas. Tasmania
URC Updating and Revision Committee
Vic. Victoria
WA Western Australia
WHO World Health Organization
YPLL years of potential life lost