The following abbreviations have been used in this publication
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ASDR | age-specific death rate |
| CD | Collection District |
| CDR | crude death rate |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| HIV/AIDS | Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision |
| ICD-9 | International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision |
| IHD | ischaemic heart disease |
| IMR | infant mortaility rate |
| ISDR | indirect standardised death rate |
| PRB | Population Reference Bureau |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SD | statistical division |
| SDR | standardised death rate |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| SSD | statistical subdivision |