Deaths, Australia

Latest release

Statistics about deaths and mortality rates for Australia, states and territories, and sub-state regions

Reference period

2024

Released

26/09/2025

Next release Unknown

Release date and time

26/09/2025 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

There were 187,268 registered deaths in 2024, an increase of 4,137 since 2023.
The standardised death rate decreased to 5.078 deaths, from 5.130 in 2023.
Infant deaths increased by 46 deaths to 957.

Summary statistics
	2014	2023	2024
All deaths (no.)	153,580	183,131	187,268
Infant deaths (no.)	1,012	911	957
Standardised death rate	5.471	5.130	5.078
Crude death rate	6.542	6.875	6.884
Infant mortality rate	3.38	3.17	3.27

The standardised death rate (SDR) uses the age distribution of total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population. The SDR is expressed as deaths per 1,000 standard population.

The crude death rate is the number of deaths registered during the calendar year per 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June.

The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of children under 1 year of age registered during the calendar year per 1,000 live births registered in the same period.

This publication presents statistics about deaths and mortality rates in the reference year 2024. Information about causes of death are available in Causes of Death, Australia.

National

Deaths registered

There were 187,268 deaths registered in 2024, an increase of 4,137 from 2023 (183,131).
There were more male deaths (98,467) than female deaths (88,801), resulting in a sex ratio of 110.9 male deaths for every 100 female deaths.

Deaths registered, 1912 to 2024
Year	Males	Females
1912	30,285	21,892
1913	29,859	21,930
1914	29,835	21,885
1915	30,654	22,128
1916	31,018	23,179
1917	27,609	20,420
1918	28,585	21,664
1919	37,632	28,298
1920	32,053	24,236
1921	30,652	23,424
1922	29,245	22,066
1923	31,622	24,614
1924	31,103	23,877
1925	31,134	23,434
1926	32,387	24,565
1927	32,858	25,424
1928	33,145	26,233
1929	34,718	26,139
1930	31,148	24,183
1931	31,796	24,764
1932	31,860	24,897
1933	33,250	25,867
1934	34,571	27,658
1935	35,691	27,908
1936	35,651	28,281
1937	36,246	28,250
1938	37,046	29,405
1939	38,837	30,310
1940	38,608	29,776
1941	39,409	31,767
1942	41,587	33,604
1943	40,778	33,708
1944	37,820	31,776
1945	38,211	32,020
1946	41,283	33,378
1947	40,769	32,699
1948	42,655	34,184
1949	42,195	33,065
1950	43,720	34,467
1951	45,953	35,835
1952	45,851	35,746
1953	44,822	35,366
1954	45,787	36,018
1955	46,188	35,848
1956	48,192	37,896
1957	47,659	37,294
1958	47,050	36,673
1959	50,293	38,919
1960	49,629	38,835
1961	50,248	38,713
1962	52,378	40,785
1963	53,212	41,682
1964	56,246	44,348
1965	55,770	43,945
1966	57,795	46,134
1967	57,508	45,195
1968	61,061	48,486
1969	59,686	46,810
1970	62,828	50,220
1971	61,074	49,576
1972	61,116	48,644
1973	61,588	49,234
1974	64,299	51,534
1975	60,738	48,283
1976	62,527	50,135
1977	60,320	48,470
1978	60,281	48,144
1979	59,257	47,311
1980	60,518	48,177
1981	60,696	48,307
1982	63,295	51,476
1983	60,450	49,634
1984	59,987	49,927
1985	64,156	54,652
1986	62,210	52,771
1987	63,611	53,710
1988	65,082	54,784
1989	66,926	57,306
1990	64,660	55,402
1991	64,067	55,079
1992	66,115	57,545
1993	65,089	56,510
1994	67,464	59,228
1995	66,251	58,882
1996	68,206	60,513
1997	67,752	61,598
1998	67,073	60,129
1999	67,227	60,875
2000	66,817	61,474
2001	66,835	61,709
2002	68,885	64,822
2003	68,330	63,962
2004	68,395	64,113
2005	67,241	63,473
2006	68,556	65,183
2007	70,569	67,285
2008	73,548	70,398
2009	72,320	68,440
2010	73,484	69,989
2011	75,330	71,602
2012	74,794	72,304
2013	75,782	71,896
2014	78,341	75,239
2015	81,330	77,722
2016	81,867	76,637
2017	82,858	78,051
2018	82,320	76,173
2019	88,346	80,955
2020	84,588	76,712
2021	89,401	82,068
2022	99,924	91,015
2023	96,180	86,951
2024	98,467	88,801

Deaths registered, 1912 to 2024

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Age and sex distribution

In every age group spanning 0 to 84 years, there were more male deaths than female deaths.
For age groups 85 to 89 years and onwards, more female deaths were recorded than male deaths.

Deaths registered by age and sex distribution(a), 2024
Age	Males (no.)	Females (no.)
0	542	415
1-4	94	71
5-9	67	44
10-14	64	57
15-19	298	129
20-24	487	219
25-29	694	273
30-34	773	373
35-39	990	485
40-44	1,391	757
45-49	1,768	1,018
50-54	2,682	1,722
55-59	3,767	2,301
60-64	5,636	3,437
65-69	7,313	4,805
70-74	10,133	6,660
75-79	13,546	9,982
80-84	15,410	12,548
85-89	15,952	16,204
90-94	11,564	15,798
95-99	4,623	9,275
100+	669	2,227

Deaths registered by age and sex distribution(a), 2024

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Excludes deaths for which age was not stated.

Median age at death

Standardised death rate

The standardised death rate decreased:

to 5.078 deaths per 1,000 standard population, from 5.130 in 2023
by 0.393 since 2014, with males showing a decrease of 0.488 and females showing a decrease of 0.336 over the 10-year period.

Standardised death rates, 1984 to 2024
Year	Males	Females
1984	12.100	7.300
1985	12.600	7.700
1986	11.700	7.200
1987	11.700	7.100
1988	11.600	7.100
1989	11.700	7.200
1990	10.900	6.800
1991	10.600	6.600
1992	10.600	6.700
1993	10.200	6.400
1994	10.400	6.500
1995	9.900	6.300
1996	9.900	6.200
1997	9.500	6.100
1998	9.200	5.800
1999	8.900	5.700
2000	8.600	5.600
2001	8.300	5.400
2002	8.300	5.500
2003	8.100	5.300
2004	7.900	5.200
2005	7.500	5.000
2006	7.400	5.000
2007	7.300	5.000
2008	7.400	5.100
2009	7.000	4.800
2010	6.900	4.700
2011	6.900	4.700
2012	6.600	4.600
2013	6.500	4.500
2014	6.476	4.602
2015	6.528	4.643
2016	6.373	4.478
2017	6.258	4.461
2018	6.041	4.278
2019	6.300	4.441
2020	5.828	4.103
2021	5.970	4.274
2022	6.451	4.608
2023	6.047	4.314
2024	5.988	4.266

Standardised death rates, 1984 to 2024

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Crude death rate

Age-specific death rate

States and territories

Deaths registered

All states and territories recorded an increase in death registrations in 2024 except for the Northern Territory.

Deaths registered by state and territory of usual residence
State or territory	2014 (no.)	2023 (no.)	2024 (no.)	Change from 2023 to 2024 (no.)
New South Wales	52,320	59,451	59,641	190
Victoria	38,042	45,326	45,943	617
Queensland	28,704	36,622	38,901	2,279
South Australia	13,262	15,499	15,739	240
Western Australia	13,787	17,475	17,969	494
Tasmania	4,476	5,073	5,365	292
Northern Territory	1,168	1,253	1,239	-14
Australian Capital Territory	1,813	2,406	2,425	19
Australia(a)	153,580	183,131	187,268	4,137

Includes Other Territories.

Median age at death

Standardised death rate

The standardised death rate was:

highest in the Northern Territory (6.423 deaths per 1,000 standard population)
lowest in the Australian Capital Territory (4.559).

Over the past 10 years, standardised death rates decreased:

the most in the Northern Territory (6.423 deaths from 8.316 in 2014)
in Tasmania (5.818 deaths from 6.397 in 2014), New South Wales (4.998 deaths from 5.518), Western Australia (4.815 deaths from 5.271), Victoria (4.908 deaths from 5.273), the Australian Capital Territory (4.559 deaths from 4.891)
the least in South Australia (5.270 deaths from 5.543) and Queensland (5.361 deaths from 5.530).

Standardised death rates by state and territory
Year	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(a)
2014	5.518	5.273	5.53	5.543	5.271	6.397	8.316	4.891	5.471
2015	5.529	5.358	5.575	5.61	5.37	6.448	8.235	4.819	5.521
2016	5.412	5.156	5.377	5.363	5.377	6.305	7.304	4.654	5.359
2017	5.203	5.054	5.545	5.556	5.098	6.316	7.141	5.66	5.3
2018	5.197	4.745	5.268	5.262	4.971	5.577	7.342	5.036	5.101
2019	5.316	5.365	5.357	5.281	4.913	5.867	7.425	4.632	5.313
2020	4.857	4.853	5.011	5.049	4.683	5.397	6.913	4.729	4.912
2021	5.095	4.917	5.216	5.21	4.761	5.596	7.2	4.655	5.072
2022	5.526	5.414	5.632	5.402	4.99	5.848	7.634	5.188	5.476
2023	5.126	5.004	5.241	5.327	4.866	5.638	6.72	4.736	5.13
2024	4.998	4.908	5.361	5.27	4.815	5.818	6.423	4.559	5.078

Standardised death rates by state and territory

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Includes Other Territories.

Infants

Deaths registered

Infant deaths are defined as deaths of children aged less than 1 year.

There were 957 infant deaths registered in 2024 (542 boys and 415 girls).
This was a 5.0% increase compared with the number registered in 2023 (911).
Over the past 10 years, the number of infant deaths decreased overall from 1,012 in 2014.

Infant mortality rate

Australia has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world.

The infant mortality rate:

was 3.27 infant deaths per 1,000 live births
decreased from 2014 (3.38).

Infant mortality rates, 1912 to 2024
Year	Infant mortality rate
1912	71.7
1913	72.2
1914	71.5
1915	67.5
1916	70.3
1917	55.9
1918	58.6
1919	69.2
1920	69.1
1921	65.7
1922	52.7
1923	60.5
1924	57.1
1925	53.4
1926	54
1927	54.5
1928	53
1929	51.1
1930	47.2
1931	42.1
1932	41.3
1933	39.5
1934	43.6
1935	39.8
1936	41.2
1937	38.1
1938	38.3
1939	38.2
1940	38.4
1941	39.7
1942	39.5
1943	36.3
1944	31.3
1945	29.4
1946	29
1947	28.5
1948	27.8
1949	25.3
1950	24.5
1951	25.2
1952	23.8
1953	23.3
1954	22.5
1955	22
1956	21.7
1957	21.4
1958	20.5
1959	21.5
1960	20.2
1961	19.5
1962	20.4
1963	19.5
1964	19.1
1965	18.5
1966	18.7
1967	18.3
1968	17.8
1969	17.9
1970	17.9
1971	17.3
1972	16.7
1973	16.5
1974	16.1
1975	14.3
1976	13.8
1977	12.5
1978	12.2
1979	11.4
1980	10.7
1981	10
1982	10.3
1983	9.6
1984	9.2
1985	9.9
1986	8.8
1987	8.7
1988	8.7
1989	8
1990	8.2
1991	7.1
1992	7
1993	6.1
1994	5.9
1995	5.7
1996	5.8
1997	5.3
1998	5
1999	5.7
2000	5.2
2001	5.3
2002	5
2003	4.8
2004	4.7
2005	4.9
2006	4.7
2007	4.1
2008	4.1
2009	4.2
2010	4.1
2011	3.8
2012	3.3
2013	3.6
2014	3.38
2015	3.25
2016	3.12
2017	3.3
2018	3.14
2019	3.3
2020	3.2
2021	3.25
2022	3.19
2023	3.17
2024	3.27

Infant mortality rates, 1912 to 2024

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Births registered by Indigenous status of the birth, 2024

Births registered by Indigenous status of the birth
State or territory of usual residence	Sex	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander(a)	Non-Indigenous	Not stated(b)	Total
NSW
	Males	4,343	41,333	30	45,706
	Females	4,229	39,062	33	43,324
	Persons	8,572	80,395	63	89,030
Vic.
	Males	1,283	39,295	1,134	41,712
	Females	1,213	37,162	1,106	39,481
	Persons	2,496	76,457	2,240	81,193
Qld
	Males	3,910	26,329	21	30,260
	Females	3,615	24,936	27	28,578
	Persons	7,525	51,265	48	58,838
SA
	Males	636	8,933	21	9,590
	Females	557	8,277	20	8,854
	Persons	1,193	17,210	41	18,444
WA
	Males	1,547	14,002	225	15,774
	Females	1,399	13,172	196	14,767
	Persons	2,946	27,174	421	30,541
Tas.
	Males	357	2,393	1	2,752
	Females	348	2,407	1	2,757
	Persons	705	4,800	3	5,509
NT
	Males	716	1,113	1	1,830
	Females	671	1,020	0	1,691
	Persons	1,387	2,133	4	3,521
ACT
	Males	102	2,546	13	2,661
	Females	122	2,424	11	2,557
	Persons	224	4,970	24	5,218
Aust.(c)
	Males	12,894	135,951	1,454	150,299
	Females	12,155	128,466	1,398	142,019
	Persons	25,049	264,417	2,852	292,318

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Derivation of Indigenous status

Over recent years the ABS has improved how it derives Indigenous status in death registration data. This has led to an increased number of deaths of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people, and fewer cases where Indigenous status is unknown or not stated. Caution should be used when interpreting time series data. See Methodology for more detail.

Deaths registered

In 2024, there were 5,603 deaths registered where the person was identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, an increase of 347 deaths nationally from 2023.
Half of the states and territories recorded increases except for the Northern Territory (529 deaths, down from 581 in 2023), Western Australia (704 deaths, down from 737), South Australia (310 deaths, down from 319) and the Australian Capital Territory (31 deaths, down from 37).
Queensland recorded the largest numerical increase, 1,466 deaths compared with 1,248 in 2023. New South Wales recorded the next largest increase (1,904 deaths, up from 1,779), then Victoria (467 deaths, up from 412) and Tasmania (190 deaths, up from 142).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths registered by state and territory of usual residence
	2022 (no.)(a)	2022 (%)	2023 (no.)(b)	2023 (%)	2024 (no.)	2024 (%)	Change from 2023 to 2024 (no.)
NSW	1,691	33.3	1,779	33.8	1,904	34.0	125
Vic.	340	6.7	412	7.8	467	8.3	55
Qld	1,271	25.0	1,248	23.7	1,466	26.2	218
SA	275	5.4	319	6.1	310	5.5	-9
WA	733	14.4	737	14.0	704	12.6	-33
Tas.	124	2.4	142	2.7	190	3.4	48
NT	617	12.1	581	11.1	529	9.4	-52
ACT	29	0.6	37	0.7	31	0.6	-6
Aust.(c)	5,085	100.0	5,256	100.0	5,603	100.0	347

The 2022 increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is in part due to the use of information from the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) for the first time for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths registered in New South Wales (refer to Causes of Death, Australia methodology for more detail).
The 2023 increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is largely due to the use of additional sources of information for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths. For more detail, refer to the Technical Note: The impact of using multiple sources for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths in 2023 – changes for Victoria and for coroner referred deaths.
Includes Other Territories.

Age and sex distribution

In 2024, deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people peaked at:

65 to 69 years for males (6.28%)
85 years and over for females (5.68%).

Deaths registered by age and sex distribution(a), 2024
Age	Males (%)	Females (%)
0-4	1.96	1.36
5-9	0.20	0.04
10-14	0.16	0.09
15-19	0.75	0.41
20-24	1.23	0.55
25-29	1.73	0.82
30-34	1.86	1.18
35-39	2.28	1.12
40-44	2.52	2.02
45-49	3.16	2.05
50-54	5.16	3.14
55-59	5.89	3.91
60-64	5.94	4.69
65-69	6.28	4.82
70-74	5.32	4.23
75-79	4.55	4.32
80-84	3.21	3.64
85+	3.71	5.68

Deaths registered by age and sex distribution(a), 2024

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Excludes deaths for which age was not stated.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - 5 state/territory data

Median ages, age-specific death rates, standardised death rates, crude death rates and infant mortality rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are presented for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory only. These 5 jurisdictions have been included as they have sufficient levels of identification and sufficient numbers of deaths to support mortality analysis. The total therefore represents the total for these 5 jurisdictions only.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, summary statistics(a)
	2014	2023	2024
All deaths (no.)	2,730	4,664	4,913
Infant deaths (no.)	100	132	144
Standardised death rate(b)(c)	8.1	9.4	9.9
Crude death rate(b)(c)	3.5	4.9	5.3
Infant mortality rate(b)(d)	6.0	5.4	6.2

Includes data for the 5 states and territories - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Data for Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (based on state or territory of usual residence) are excluded due to the small numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths.
These rates are based on 3-year averages. They are calculated for each calendar year and then averaged.
Rates use Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population estimates and projections based on the 2021 Census. These rates may differ from those previously published.
An increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births in 2024 was largely due to a methodological change applied by the ABS when deriving Indigenous status for births. More information will be released in Births, Australia, 2024.

Median age at death

Standardised death rate

The standardised death rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:

was 9.9 deaths per 1,000 standard population, up from 8.1 in 2014
for males increased to 11.1 from 8.8 10 years ago
for females increased to 8.8 from 7.4 over the same period
was highest in the Northern Territory at 13.7 and lowest in Queensland at 8.8.

Infant mortality rate

Deaths by year of registration and year of occurrence

There is often a delay between the occurrence and registration of a death, but there is normally little difference between the number of deaths registered and the number that occurred in a given year. The number of deaths not registered in the year that they occurred are balanced by the number of deaths that occurred in the previous years but were subsequently registered. Data for the latest year will be underestimated if reported on a year of occurrence basis.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths by year of registration

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths, state or territory of usual residence by year of registration(a)
Year	NSW(b)	Vic.(c)	Qld(d)(e)	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(f)
1999	435	130	529	116	350	11	399	6	1,976
2000	473	108	535	144	407	8	450	2	2,127
2001	481	93	565	125	345	32	429	3	2,072
2002	516	64	590	107	371	20	462	4	2,136
2003	485	82	569	137	338	23	435	9	2,079
2004	490	54	579	131	400	20	449	10	2,136
2005	507	71	519	142	406	28	454	11	2,141
2006	530	111	584	124	443	20	452	14	2,279
2007	601	95	594	138	449	24	461	6	2,368
2008	559	97	562	141	486	24	467	16	2,353
2009	591	106	632	160	416	30	431	10	2,377
2010	622	117	948	147	436	37	447	13	2,767
2011	726	128	629	141	454	30	437	12	2,558
2012	635	100	678	151	466	45	539	6	2,620
2013	753	123	765	177	457	27	489	18	2,811
2014	794	139	688	169	517	31	562	13	2,914
2015	822	141	842	167	511	50	537	17	3,088
2016	857	175	884	170	565	54	443	19	3,168
2017	857	186	897	222	508	52	504	22	3,250
2018	960	222	963	223	563	66	509	22	3,529
2019	1,122	265	1,016	223	578	68	496	29	3,798
2020	1,155	342	1,097	226	626	88	507	21	4,064
2021	1,206	260	1,101	240	604	102	545	25	4,085
2022	1,691	340	1,271	275	733	124	617	29	5,085
2023	1,779	412	1,248	319	737	142	581	37	5,256
2024	1,904	467	1,466	310	704	190	529	31	5,603

The forms used for reporting Indigenous status may vary across jurisdictions and over time. Refer to Methodology for more detail.
The 2022 increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is in part due to the use of information from the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) for the first time for deriving the indigenous status of deaths registered in New South Wales. For more detail, refer to the Technical Note: The impact of using two sources for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths in NSW in 2022.
The 2023 increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is largely due to the use of additional sources of information for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths. For more detail, refer to the Technical Note: The impact of using multiple sources for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths in 2023 – changes for Victoria and for coroner referred deaths.
Care should be taken when interpreting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths data for Queensland for 2010. See Technical Note: Queensland Retrospective Deaths Project, and Methodology.
From 2015, deaths data provided by the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages include information resulting in an improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification. See Methodology.
Includes Other Territories.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths by year of occurrence

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths, state or territory of usual residence by year of occurrence(a)(b)
Year	NSW(c)	Vic.(d)	Qld(e)(f)	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(g)
1999	433	105	541	117	349	12	439	7	2,003
2000	480	115	619	140	384	10	430	1	2,179
2001	487	81	581	122	368	29	430	3	2,100
2002	508	64	614	108	386	22	471	5	2,180
2003	494	83	595	144	324	22	419	12	2,095
2004	481	55	635	134	391	19	437	7	2,161
2005	508	81	543	140	417	32	496	12	2,232
2006	531	117	592	124	462	16	454	12	2,309
2007	599	94	593	143	462	25	465	8	2,389
2008	559	97	554	144	476	23	491	14	2,359
2009	596	109	628	148	409	33	440	12	2,376
2010	640	133	633	149	426	35	429	12	2,458
2011	711	105	650	148	445	32	486	11	2,588
2012	667	114	682	158	452	43	508	7	2,631
2013	757	117	750	167	465	29	509	17	2,813
2014	797	135	720	177	497	30	548	16	2,921
2015	799	148	841	158	533	50	504	16	3,050
2016	865	199	852	178	541	53	463	19	3,171
2017	900	196	922	226	532	56	517	23	3,374
2018	964	208	955	222	557	64	546	20	3,537
2019	1,088	285	1,015	225	574	70	482	33	3,773
2020	1,182	314	1,124	227	630	84	520	23	4,106
2021	1,231	279	1,102	242	590	103	556	21	4,126
2022	1,728	325	1,279	288	776	127	643	26	5,197
2023	1,761	426	1,294	317	725	148	547	40	5,260
2024(h)	1,756	407	1,265	263	578	179	329	28	4,806

The forms used for reporting Indigenous status may vary across jurisdictions and over time. Refer to Methodology for more detail.
Includes deaths registered up to and including 31 December 2024. The number of deaths presented on a year of occurrence basis is subject to change, as deaths that occurred prior to 31 December 2024 but have not yet been registered are registered in subsequent years. See Methodology for more information.
The 2022 increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is in part due to the use of information from the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) for the first time for deriving the indigenous status of deaths registered in New South Wales. For more detail, refer to the Technical Note: The impact of using two sources for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths in NSW in 2022.
The 2023 increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is largely due to the use of additional sources of information for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths. For more detail, refer to the Technical Note: The impact of using multiple sources for deriving the Indigenous status of deaths in 2023 – changes for Victoria and for coroner referred deaths.
Care should be taken when interpreting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths data for Queensland for 2010. See Technical Note: Queensland Retrospective Deaths Project, and Methodology.
From 2015, deaths data provided by the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages include information resulting in an improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification. See Methodology.
Includes Other Territories.
There is usually an interval between the occurrence and registration of a death (referred to as a registration 'lag') and as a result, some deaths occurring in one year are not registered until the following year or later. Therefore deaths occurrence data for more recent years, may be incomplete.

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