3319.0.55.001 - Multiple Cause of Death Analysis, 1997-2001  
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APPENDIX I. FURTHER EXAMPLES OF RATIO OF OBSERVED TO EXPECTED JOINT FREQUENCIES TABLES

TABLE 4 - EIGHT LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, ages 65 and over, 1997-2001


Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97)
Ischaemic heart disease (I20-I25)
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18)
Heart failure (I50)
Chronic lower
respiratory disease (J40-J47)
Renal failure (N17-N19)
Diabetes
mellitus
(E10-E14)


JOINT FREQUENCY (NUMBER)

Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97)
-
19,284
9,159
15,654
9,792
12,259
9,366
7,382
Ischaemic heart disease (I20-I25)
-
-
20,307
14,473
38,253
21,564
18,769
20,800
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)
-
-
-
15,559
9,719
5,750
5,432
9,238
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18)
-
-
-
-
13,737
13,743
6,990
5,452
Heart failure (I50)
-
-
-
-
-
14,031
16,310
8,909
Chronic lower respiratory disease (J40-J47)
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,589
4,247
Renal failure (N17-N19)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,685
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


AGE-STANDARDISED RATIO OBSERVED TO EXPECTED (a)

Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97)
-
0.40
0.37
0.71
0.47
0.61
0.64
0.57
Ischaemic heart disease (I20-I25)
-
-
0.65
0.53
1.38
1.04
1.11
1.50
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)
-
-
-
0.98
0.60
0.54
0.58
1.25
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18)
-
-
-
-
0.95
1.43
0.83
0.85
Heart failure (I50)
-
-
-
-
-
1.51
1.94
1.39
Chronic lower respiratory disease (J40-J47)
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.89
0.79
Renal failure (N17-N19)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.60
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

ABS Deaths collection data 1997-2001.
(a) For each pair of conditions the observed rate and expected rate were age and sex standardised using 5-year age groups from 65 years & over up to 100 plus, and using the 2001 Australian estimated resident population as the standard. Then the ratio of observed to expected standardised rates was calculated. See Stallard, 2002.

TABLE 5 - ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASES (I20-I25) AND SELECTED CATEGORIES OF DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, for age and sex, 1997-2001

Ischaemic Heart Diseases (I20-I25) and influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18)
Ischaemic Heart Diseases (I20-I25) and chronic lower respiratory disease (J40-J47)
Ischaemic Heart Diseases(I20-I25) and diseases principally affecting the interstitium (J80-J84)
Ischaemic Heart Diseases (I20-I25)
and other respiratory
disease (residual(b))


OBSERVED JOINT FREQUENCY (NUMBER)

Males45 - 54
122
225
99
104
55 - 64
368
1,053
285
454
65 - 74
1,571
4,217
964
1,640
75 - 84
3,503
6,521
1,772
2,685
85 +
2,511
2,841
1,008
1,421

Females45 - 54
34
99
42
63
55 - 64
158
433
127
181
65 - 74
717
1,833
495
753
75 - 84
2,381
3,532
1,455
1,656
85 +
3,790
2,620
1,797
1,730


EXPECTED JOINT FREQUENCY (NUMBER) (a)

Males45 - 54
302
207
87
316
55 - 64
860
1,011
242
943
65 - 74
2,941
4,109
745
2,776
75 - 84
6,282
6,396
1,299
4,232
85 +
4,685
2,762
697
2,233

Females45 - 54
80
62
24
103
55 - 64
260
338
75
332
65 - 74
1,262
1,644
348
1,242
75 - 84
4,526
3,398
1,023
2,777
85 +
7,811
2,384
1,143
2,821


RATIO OBSERVED TO EXPECTED

Males45 - 54
0.40
*1.09
*1.13
0.33
55 - 64
0.43
*1.04
1.18
0.48
65 - 74
0.53
*1.03
1.29
0.59
75 - 84
0.56
*1.02
1.36
0.63
85 +
0.54
*1.03
1.45
0.64

Females45 - 54
0.43
1.61
1.76
0.61
55 - 64
0.61
1.28
1.69
0.54
65 - 74
0.57
1.11
1.42
0.61
75 - 84
0.53
1.04
1.42
0.60
85 +
0.49
1.10
1.57
0.61

* test for independence not significant at p=0.01 level.
(a) Rounded to nearest whole number.
(b)( ICD-10 codes J00-J06, J20-J22, J30-J39, J60-J70, J85-J86, J90-J99)
Calculated from ABS Deaths collection data 1997-2001.

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