| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACS | automated coding system |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ASDR | age-specific death rate |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| Aust. | Australia |
| cat. no. | catalogue number |
| CDR | crude death rate |
| CM | Clinical Modification |
| 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 |
| MCCPD | medical certificate of cause of perinatal death |
| MMDS | Mortality Medical Data System |
| no. | number |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |
NCIS
NCR SIC | National Coronial Information System
National Civil Registration and Statistics Improvement Committee |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| Qld | Queensland |
SA
SA2 | South Australia
Statistical Area 2 |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SDR | standardised death rate |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| URC | Update and Revision Committee |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| YPLL | years of potential life lost |
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