Provisional Mortality Statistics

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Provisional deaths data for measuring changes in patterns of mortality

Reference period

Jan - Feb 2023

Released

26/05/2023

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Key statistics

There were 12,736 deaths in February, 8.9% more than the baseline average but 9.5% less than February 2022
The death rate for February was 35.8 per 100,000 people, lower than the baseline average (37.0) and 2022 (40.7)
COVID-19 caused 230 deaths in March, up from 217 in February (see article)

Baseline comparisons

The purpose of a baseline is to provide a typical year (or combination of years) to compare the current year to. Deaths for 2023 will have two comparisons points - they will be compared to both deaths occurring in 2022 and a baseline period consisting of the average number of deaths occurring in the years of 2017-2019, 2021.

There were 190,775 deaths which occurred in 2022. This is significantly higher than usual and is not considered to be a typical year for mortality in Australia. Therefore 2022 has not been included in the baseline average and is instead presented separately in graphs and tables. The baseline average presented in this report remains as the average of the years 2017-19 and 2021. 2020 is not included in the baseline for 2022 data because it included periods where numbers of deaths were significantly lower than expected and is similarly not considered to be a typical year for mortality in Australia.

These counts serve as a proxy for the expected number of deaths, so comparisons against baseline or the previous year can provide an indication of whether mortality is higher or lower than expected in a given year. The minimum and maximum baseline counts are also included to provide an indication of the range of previous years. Minimums and maximums for any given week can be from any of the years included in the baseline.

While this publication can provide an indication of where counts of deaths are above or below expectations, it does not provide official estimates of excess mortality. Using the number of deaths from the previous years as the predictor for the expected number of deaths does not take into account changes in population size and age-structures of that population, as well as expected improvements in mortality rates over time. Age-standardised death rates can be accessed via the data downloads tab in this publication.

Counts of deaths for 2015-2022 are included in the baseline data cubes of the data downloads section of this report. Customised baselines are able to be created from these data cubes.

COVID-19 mortality

The ABS publishes two regular reports that provide preliminary information on mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic, Provisional Mortality Statistics and COVID-19 Deaths in Australia articles. These reports provide information on different time periods and serve different purposes.

Provisional Mortality Statistics focus on monitoring patterns of mortality (by all-causes and specified leading causes of death) and highlight any changes potentially associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Data must be sufficiently complete to detect such changes, and as such these reports are only released once the majority of deaths that occurred in a particular period have been registered and reported.

COVID-19 Mortality in Australia articles focus on all COVID-19 deaths registered and reported up until a specified time. These articles include important information about COVID-19 deaths, including demographic details, comorbidities and consequences of the disease. While it is recognised data will be incomplete, it can still indicate emerging trends or changes among these deaths. The most recent article on COVID-19 mortality covering deaths that occurred and were registered up until 30 April 2023 can be accessed through the articles link on this page.

Australian deaths by week

All-cause deaths

Tracking the number of deaths against historical averages for similar time periods provides an initial indication of when a change in the pattern of mortality may occur. This is of particular relevance because of the many potential public health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Note: There is a change in the way this graph is presented. Previously, 2022 deaths and 2022 deaths "excluding deaths from COVID-19" were presented against the baseline average and range. Deaths occurring in 2022 and 2023 are now presented separately in place of "deaths excluding deaths from COVID-19". Information on COVID-19 mortality is presented in both the "Mortality by selected causes" section and in the attached article "COVID-19 Mortality in Australia".

For all deaths:

In 2023, there were 27,397 deaths that occurred by 28 February and were registered by 30 April. This is 2,758 deaths (11.2%) more than the baseline average, but 2,942 (9.7%) less than in 2022.
In February 2023 there were 12,736 deaths, 8.9% more than the baseline average but 9.5% less than in 2022.
11,175 of the deaths occurring in February 2023 were doctor certified and 1,561 were coroner referred.
The age-standardised death rate (SDR) for February was 35.8 deaths per 100,000 people, lower than the baseline average (37.0) and the rate for 2022 (40.7).

Deaths are presented by counts only. Counts of death do not account for changes in population. See data downloads for weekly and monthly age-standardised death rate calculations.

All deaths, Australia, 3 January 2022 - 26 February 2023 vs baseline benchmarks
	baseline range	2023 deaths	2022 deaths	baseline average deaths
08-Jan-23	2819\|3030	3,461	3,333	2,928
15-Jan-23	2828\|2997	3,261	3,739	2,918
22-Jan-23	2764\|3150	3,292	3,892	2,940
29-Jan-23	2883\|2957	3,166	3,786	2,918
05-Feb-23	2745\|3072	3,320	3,744	2,898
12-Feb-23	2724\|2963	3,141	3,566	2,889
19-Feb-23	2825\|2959	3,217	3,416	2,893
26-Feb-23	2857\|3095	3,157	3,411	2,990
05-Mar-23	2858\|3071		3,381	2,961
12-Mar-23	2882\|3118		3,213	2,986
19-Mar-23	2785\|3089		3,350	2,941
26-Mar-23	2871\|3041		3,348	2,929
02-Apr-23	2858\|3092		3,418	2,974
09-Apr-23	2784\|2988		3,450	2,923
16-Apr-23	2828\|3259		3,378	3,030
23-Apr-23	2965\|3247		3,483	3,069
30-Apr-23	2840\|3276		3,493	3,036
07-May-23	2963\|3369		3,677	3,093
14-May-23	3108\|3370		3,797	3,207
21-May-23	3091\|3362		3,656	3,201
28-May-23	3173\|3517		3,773	3,307
04-Jun-23	3199\|3382		3,916	3,285
11-Jun-23	3263\|3567		4,036	3,372
18-Jun-23	3130\|3494		4,136	3,338
25-Jun-23	3232\|3458		4,004	3,340
02-Jul-23	3310\|3466		3,913	3,379
09-Jul-23	3375\|3545		4,112	3,460
16-Jul-23	3214\|3598		4,124	3,417
23-Jul-23	3376\|3700		4,147	3,539
30-Jul-23	3467\|3670		4,163	3,566
06-Aug-23	3287\|3749		4,208	3,463
13-Aug-23	3209\|3734		4,122	3,465
20-Aug-23	3375\|3673		3,930	3,499
27-Aug-23	3354\|3668		3,882	3,491
03-Sep-23	3443\|3843		3,724	3,557
10-Sep-23	3313\|3621		3,774	3,463
17-Sep-23	3111\|3697		3,692	3,417
24-Sep-23	3152\|3603		3,678	3,364
01-Oct-23	3100\|3530		3,407	3,278
08-Oct-23	3137\|3405		3,499	3,268
15-Oct-23	3155\|3359		3,457	3,215
22-Oct-23	3075\|3359		3,524	3,168
29-Oct-23	2971\|3335		3,308	3,110
05-Nov-23	3015\|3309		3,378	3,110
12-Nov-23	2870\|3186		3,488	3,007
19-Nov-23	2903\|3340		3,433	3,056
26-Nov-23	2896\|3262		3,478	3,032
03-Dec-23	2882\|3259		3,420	3,022
10-Dec-23	2921\|3195		3,582	3,010
17-Dec-23	2975\|3275		3,513	3,058
24-Dec-23	2914\|3390		3,557	3,047
31-Dec-23	2775\|3231		3,417	2,958

All deaths, Australia, 3 January 2022 - 26 February 2023 vs baseline benchmarks

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Data is by occurrence.
Data is provisional and subject to change.
Weeks are defined as seven-day periods which start on a Monday as per the ISO week date system. Refer to 'Weekly comparisons' on the methodology page of this publication for more information regarding the data in this graph.
The baseline includes deaths from 2017-19 and 2021.

Age specific death rates

The following table shows age specific death rates (deaths per 100,000 population) for different age groups by sex in February 2023 and for January and February 2023, presented with both those from 2022 and the baseline average.

February 2023

For all age groups, death rates were lower in February 2023 than both rates for the same month in 2022 and the baseline average. The overall crude death rate was higher in February 2023 than the baseline average.
For males, the death rate in February for males aged 75-84 and the overall crude death rate were higher than the baseline average but lower than the rates in 2022. All other rates were lower than both the baseline average and the rates for 2022.
For females, the overall crude death rate for February 2023 was slightly higher than the baseline average but lower than the rate for 2022. For all age groups, female death rates were lower in February 2023 than both the baseline average and rates in 2022.
For all age groups, the male death rate is higher than the female death rate, with a larger difference in the younger age groups.

Year to date, January and February 2023

For all persons in January and February 2023, the overall crude death rate and the rate for those aged 85 and over were higher than the baseline average but lower than the rate for the same period in 2022. All other age groups had a lower death rate in 2023 than the baseline average or in 2022.
For males in January and February 2023, the overall crude death rate and the rate for those aged 85 and over were higher than the baseline average but lower than the rate for the same period in 2022. All other age groups had a lower death rate in 2023 than the baseline average or in 2022.
For females in January and February 2023, the death rate for females aged 0-44 was higher than the rate in 2022 but lower than the baseline rate. The overall crude death rate and the rate for those aged 85 and over were higher than the baseline average but lower than the rate for the same period in 2022. All other age groups had a lower death rate in 2023 than the baseline average or in 2022.

Age specific rates, 2023, 2022, Baseline
	February			Year to date - January - February
	2023	2022	baseline average	2023	2022	baseline average
Persons
0-44	3.679	3.880	3.923	7.789	8.438	8.461
45-64	24.497	27.146	25.730	51.792	58.964	54.840
65-74	78.924	92.023	83.994	173.187	193.596	178.102
75-84	239.336	266.925	245.913	506.746	576.012	518.457
85 and over	898.541	1052.177	911.002	1953.034	2278.741	1898.877
All ages	48.231	54.354	46.288	103.751	117.129	97.504

Males
0-44	4.887	4.960	5.057	9.774	11.127	11.015
45-64	31.386	33.921	32.265	66.634	73.856	69.035
65-74	96.467	117.817	103.154	213.406	246.948	219.666
75-84	292.222	329.810	291.073	605.316	712.174	620.699
85 and over	956.944	1153.271	976.661	2094.118	2493.733	2039.802
All ages	51.409	58.450	48.239	109.822	125.986	102.377

Females
0-44	2.438	2.772	2.760	5.750	5.677	5.842
45-64	17.844	20.597	19.434	37.459	44.570	41.166
65-74	62.704	68.034	65.784	136.002	143.980	138.601
75-84	191.900	210.662	206.402	418.334	454.185	428.811
85 and over	859.646	986.194	870.485	1859.077	2138.418	1811.913
All ages	45.098	50.319	44.366	97.768	108.402	92.700

a. Data is by occurrence.
b. Data is provisional and subject to change.
c. Doctor certified and coroner referred deaths are included.
d. The baseline includes deaths from 2017-19 and 2021.

Mortality by selected causes of death

Cause-specific mortality

The following analysis is based only on doctor certified deaths (i.e. coroner referred deaths are not included). Any changes in patterns of coroner referral could affect counts of doctor certified deaths. Some conditions have higher coroner referral rates (ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases and to a lesser extent, respiratory diseases and diabetes) so counts for those conditions would be more likely to be affected by such changes.

COVID-19

In February 2023 there have been 214 deaths due to COVID-19 that were certified by a doctor. This is 78.6% lower than the 784 deaths in February 2022 and 69.6% lower than the 705 deaths in January 2023.
As the pandemic has progressed the number of people dying 'with' COVID-19 has increased. In February 98 people died with COVID-19 as a contributing factor to their death. (ie. COVID-19 was certified on the death certificate but it was not the underlying cause of death).

Other causes of death

Deaths due to dementia including Alzheimer's disease were 14.8% above the baseline average in February 2023, but 12.8% below February 2022. Dementia deaths in 2023 in January and February were 14.8% above baseline average but 12.4% below the same period in 2022.
The age-standardised death rate for deaths due to dementia was 3.0 per 100,000 people in February 2023. This compares to a baseline average rate of 3.0 and a rate of 3.6 in February 2022.
Deaths due to diabetes were 29.0% above the baseline average in February 2023, and 6.6% above February 2022. Diabetes deaths in 2023 in January and February were 24.9% higher than baseline average but 5.2% below the same period in 2022.
The age-standardised death rate for deaths due to diabetes was 1.1 per 100,000 people in February 2023. This compares to a baseline average rate of 1.0 and a rate of 1.1 in February 2022.
Deaths due to other cardiac conditions were 12.1% above the baseline average in February 2023 and 7.4% higher than February 2022. Other cardiac deaths in 2023 in January and February were 15.4% higher than baseline average and 2.8% higher than the same period in 2022.
The age-standardised death rate for deaths due to other cardiac conditions was 1.8 per 100,000 people in February 2023. This compares to a baseline average rate of 1.9 and a rate of 1.8 in February 2022.
The number of deaths due to cancer was 4.6% above the baseline average in February 2023 but 0.3% below February 2022. Cancer deaths in January and February 2023 were 4.7% above baseline average but 1.8% below the same period in 2022.
Deaths due to ischaemic heart disease were 8.3% below the baseline average in February 2023 and 12.0% lower than February 2022. In January and February 2023 the number of ischaemic heart disease deaths was 8.1% below baseline and 14.1% lower than in the same period in 2022.
Deaths due to cerebrovascular disease were 5.3% lower than the baseline average in February 2023 and 8.7% lower than February 2022. Cerebrovascular deaths in January and February 2023 were 5.7% below baseline average and 6.6% below the same period in 2022.
Deaths due to respiratory diseases were 2.3% above baseline average but 3.8% lower than in 2022. Influenza and pneumonia deaths were 17.2% below baseline and 12.0% lower than in 2022.

Doctor certified deaths by cause, 2023, 2022, Baseline
			February			Year to date - January - February
			2023	2022	baseline average	2023	2022	baseline average
Cancer			3,803	3,816	3,637	7,933	8,082	7,579
Dementia			1,176	1,348	1,024	2,483	2,834	2,163
Ischaemic heart disease			920	1,046	1,003	1,949	2,268	2,120
Respiratory diseases			875	910	855	1,901	1,915	1,841
	Chronic lower respiratory diseases		485	519	481	1,047	1,101	1,060
	Influenza and pneumonia		125	142	151	293	301	320
		Pneumonia	121	142	141	284	300	297
Other cardiac conditions			696	648	621	1,473	1,433	1,276
Cerebrovascular diseases			640	701	676	1,347	1,442	1,429
Diabetes			418	392	324	853	900	683
COVID-19			214	998	na	919	2,570	na

a. Only doctor certified deaths are included.
b. Data is by date of occurrence.
c. Weeks are defined as seven-day periods which start on a Monday as per the ISO week date system. Refer to the section 'Weekly comparisons' in the methodology for more information.
d. The baseline includes deaths from 2017-19 and 2021

Timeliness and completeness of data

Each death registration in the national mortality dataset has 3 dates:

The date on which the death occurred.
The date on which the death was registered with the jurisdictional Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (RBDM).
The date on which the death was lodged with the ABS.

When looking to measure change over time, the completeness of data for the most recent period is important. When data is received each month by the ABS, the lag between the date of death and the date of registration means that approximately 40-50% of reported registrations are of deaths that occurred in the month being reported. The remainder are deaths that occurred in earlier months.

For deaths which are doctor certified, approximately 95% of registrations are received after a second month of reporting, while for coroner certified deaths, the proportion of registrations reported after a second month is lower (approximately 78%). This is because it takes longer for coroners to certify deaths due to the complexity of investigations.

As coroner referred deaths make up a smaller proportion of all deaths (approximately 11-14%) their inclusion in all-cause data only reduces the overall completeness by around 2%. This should be considered when making comparisons with historical counts, noting also that the level of completeness will be higher for the start of any given month than the end of that month.

This pattern of registration and reporting is highlighted in the table below, which also shows the slight variation in reporting timelines by cause of death.

Estimated completeness of death registrations received by the ABS (a)(b)(c)
	Total proportion reported at the end of
Cause of death	the month the death occurred (%)	the month after the death occurred (%)	two months after the death occurred (%)
All cause - doctor and coroner certified	43.1	92.7	97.1
All cause - doctor certified only	44.5	93.9	97.9
All cause - coroner certified only	24.6	77.5	88.1
Ischaemic heart disease (I20 – I25)	45.2	94.9	98.4
Other cardiac conditions (I26 – I51)	45.5	95.0	98.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60 – I69)	45.1	95.2	98.6
Respiratory diseases (J00 – J99)	45.6	95.3	98.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40 – J47)	45.3	94.2	98.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J09 – J18)	45.4	95.4	98.8
Cancer (C00 – C97, D45, D46, D47.1, D47.3 – D47.5)	46.8	95.3	98.6
Diabetes (E10 – E14)	43.8	92.8	97.1
Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (F01, F03, G30, G31.0, G31.8)	46.3	95.4	98.7

a. Percentages are based on the date registrations were received by the ABS for deaths that occurred in 2017-2019 and 2021.
b. Only doctor certified deaths are included for cause-specific data.
c. Data is provisional and subject to change.

The graphs below show how numbers of deaths for each period have increased over time as additional registrations that occurred in previous months are reported to the ABS. Due to these increases, data for the most recently reported periods should be treated with caution.

All deaths by week of occurrence, by publication release cycle, 28 February 2022 - 26 February 2023
	baseline range	June 2022 release	July 2022 release	August 2022 release	September 2022 release	October 2022 release	November 2022 release	December 2022 release	February 2023 release	March 2023 release	April 2023 release	May 2023 release	baseline average deaths
06-Mar-22	2858\|3071	3,312	3,332	3,352	3,364	3,368	3,372	3,378	3,380	3,381	3,381	3,381	2,961
13-Mar-22	2882\|3118	3,132	3,170	3,188	3,202	3,205	3,208	3,211	3,212	3,213	3,213	3,213	2,986
20-Mar-22	2785\|3089	3,264	3,310	3,327	3,336	3,340	3,342	3,344	3,347	3,349	3,350	3,351	2,941
27-Mar-22	2871\|3041	3,250	3,309	3,325	3,334	3,337	3,340	3,342	3,344	3,345	3,348	3,349	2,929
03-Apr-22	2858\|3092		3,355	3,380	3,396	3,402	3,407	3,413	3,414	3,417	3,418	3,418	2,974
10-Apr-22	2784\|2988		3,385	3,420	3,427	3,439	3,443	3,447	3,449	3,449	3,450	3,451	2,923
17-Apr-22	2828\|3259		3,289	3,336	3,351	3,361	3,366	3,372	3,378	3,378	3,378	3,378	3,030
24-Apr-22	2965\|3247		3,406	3,446	3,464	3,472	3,476	3,477	3,479	3,483	3,483	3,485	3,069
01-May-22	2840\|3276			3,438	3,460	3,471	3,478	3,483	3,489	3,491	3,493	3,493	3,036
08-May-22	2963\|3369			3,621	3,654	3,665	3,670	3,674	3,677	3,677	3,677	3,679	3,093
15-May-22	3108\|3370			3,732	3,766	3,776	3,783	3,790	3,792	3,797	3,797	3,799	3,207
22-May-22	3091\|3362			3,585	3,625	3,640	3,648	3,653	3,656	3,655	3,656	3,658	3,201
29-May-22	3173\|3517			3,665	3,734	3,755	3,759	3,767	3,772	3,773	3,773	3,773	3,307
05-Jun-22	3199\|3382				3,854	3,881	3,901	3,911	3,914	3,915	3,916	3,917	3,285
12-Jun-22	3263\|3567				3,959	3,998	4,014	4,023	4,032	4,033	4,036	4,037	3,372
19-Jun-22	3130\|3494				4,029	4,086	4,110	4,122	4,131	4,133	4,136	4,137	3,338
26-Jun-22	3232\|3458				3,895	3,960	3,980	3,994	4,002	4,003	4,004	4,006	3,340
03-Jul-22	3310\|3466					3,865	3,894	3,904	3,909	3,911	3,913	3,914	3,379
10-Jul-22	3375\|3545					4,049	4,073	4,091	4,104	4,108	4,112	4,115	3,460
17-Jul-22	3214\|3598					4,043	4,083	4,104	4,114	4,120	4,124	4,125	3,417
24-Jul-22	3376\|3700					4,076	4,114	4,130	4,140	4,146	4,147	4,149	3,539
31-Jul-22	3467\|3670					4,043	4,119	4,142	4,159	4,161	4,163	4,163	3,566
07-Aug-22	3287\|3749						4,161	4,185	4,199	4,203	4,208	4,211	3,463
14-Aug-22	3209\|3734						4,062	4,092	4,110	4,117	4,122	4,124	3,465
21-Aug-22	3375\|3673						3,860	3,896	3,923	3,925	3,930	3,931	3,499
28-Aug-22	3354\|3668						3,798	3,841	3,862	3,875	3,882	3,887	3,491
04-Sep-22	3443\|3843							3,678	3,712	3,720	3,724	3,727	3,557
11-Sep-22	3313\|3621							3,726	3,761	3,769	3,774	3,775	3,463
18-Sep-22	3111\|3697							3,638	3,682	3,688	3,692	3,692	3,417
25-Sep-22	3152\|3603							3,604	3,661	3,670	3,678	3,681	3,364
02-Oct-22	3100\|3530								3,399	3,404	3,407	3,410	3,278
09-Oct-22	3137\|3405								3,477	3,490	3,499	3,500	3,268
16-Oct-22	3155\|3359								3,429	3,447	3,457	3,460	3,215
23-Oct-22	3075\|3359								3,497	3,510	3,524	3,529	3,168
30-Oct-22	2971\|3335								3,276	3,295	3,308	3,309	3,110
06-Nov-22	3015\|3309								3,346	3,372	3,378	3,385	3,110
13-Nov-22	2870\|3186								3,442	3,472	3,488	3,490	3,007
20-Nov-22	2903\|3340								3,382	3,418	3,433	3,438	3,056
27-Nov-22	2896\|3262								3,413	3,454	3,478	3,489	3,032
04-Dec-22	2882\|3259									3,393	3,420	3,433	3,022
11-Dec-22	2921\|3195									3,550	3,582	3,591	3,010
18-Dec-22	2975\|3275									3,471	3,513	3,527	3,058
25-Dec-22	2914\|3390									3,516	3,557	3,574	3,047
01-Jan-23	2775\|3231									3,364	3,417	3,428	2,958
08-Jan-23	2819\|3030										3,436	3,461	2,928
15-Jan-23	2828\|2997										3,242	3,261	2,918
22-Jan-23	2764\|3150										3,267	3,292	2,940
29-Jan-23	2883\|2957										3,127	3,166	2,918
05-Feb-23	2745\|3072											3,320	2,898
12-Feb-23	2724\|2963											3,141	2,889
19-Feb-23	2825\|2959											3,217	2,893
26-Feb-23	2857\|3095											3,157	2,990

All deaths by week of occurrence, by publication release cycle, 28 February 2022 - 26 February 2023

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Doctor certified deaths by week of occurrence, by publication release cycle, 28 February 2022 - 26 February 2023
	baseline range	June 2022 release	July 2022 release	August 2022 release	September 2022 release	October 2022 release	November 2022 release	December 2022 release	February 2023 release	March 2023 release	April 2023 release	May 2023 release	baseline average deaths
06-Mar-22	2518\|2658	2,917	2,928	2,940	2,946	2,948	2,950	2,950	2,951	2,951	2,951	2,951	2,580
13-Mar-22	2521\|2735	2,740	2,758	2,767	2,773	2,774	2,776	2,779	2,780	2,781	2,780	2,780	2,618
20-Mar-22	2436\|2712	2,904	2,933	2,945	2,949	2,952	2,953	2,955	2,958	2,959	2,960	2,961	2,575
27-Mar-22	2502\|2693	2,842	2,884	2,891	2,894	2,896	2,896	2,899	2,901	2,901	2,902	2,902	2,578
03-Apr-22	2475\|2702		2,933	2,944	2,952	2,953	2,955	2,962	2,962	2,962	2,963	2,963	2,594
10-Apr-22	2426\|2631		3,007	3,030	3,035	3,041	3,043	3,047	3,047	3,047	3,047	3,047	2,564
17-Apr-22	2501\|2882		2,912	2,945	2,952	2,960	2,961	2,966	2,967	2,967	2,967	2,967	2,664
24-Apr-22	2631\|2858		2,983	3,017	3,025	3,029	3,030	3,030	3,033	3,035	3,035	3,035	2,701
01-May-22	2477\|2864			3,045	3,056	3,063	3,067	3,068	3,072	3,073	3,075	3,075	2,646
08-May-22	2584\|3004			3,172	3,189	3,199	3,201	3,205	3,205	3,205	3,205	3,206	2,726
15-May-22	2731\|2963			3,304	3,322	3,329	3,331	3,337	3,338	3,340	3,340	3,340	2,819
22-May-22	2764\|2976			3,218	3,249	3,258	3,262	3,265	3,266	3,265	3,265	3,265	2,830
29-May-22	2766\|3114			3,273	3,322	3,336	3,338	3,345	3,348	3,348	3,347	3,347	2,918
05-Jun-22	2826\|2976				3,444	3,458	3,469	3,472	3,472	3,473	3,473	3,473	2,903
12-Jun-22	2874\|3154				3,527	3,553	3,565	3,571	3,572	3,572	3,573	3,574	2,978
19-Jun-22	2774\|3064				3,608	3,653	3,667	3,670	3,673	3,674	3,675	3,676	2,938
26-Jun-22	2822\|3031				3,456	3,505	3,516	3,527	3,530	3,530	3,531	3,532	2,943
03-Jul-22	2914\|3043					3,400	3,420	3,422	3,425	3,426	3,427	3,428	2,972
10-Jul-22	2971\|3098					3,610	3,620	3,633	3,638	3,640	3,641	3,642	3,033
17-Jul-22	2838\|3161					3,571	3,592	3,604	3,607	3,611	3,611	3,611	3,016
24-Jul-22	2930\|3251					3,598	3,621	3,630	3,635	3,639	3,639	3,640	3,109
31-Jul-22	3067\|3262					3,600	3,648	3,663	3,673	3,675	3,676	3,676	3,171
07-Aug-22	2920\|3329						3,660	3,675	3,685	3,687	3,689	3,691	3,065
14-Aug-22	2836\|3303						3,610	3,631	3,641	3,646	3,647	3,649	3,060
21-Aug-22	2973\|3252						3,406	3,426	3,443	3,444	3,445	3,446	3,093
28-Aug-22	2917\|3280						3,406	3,430	3,442	3,451	3,455	3,457	3,084
04-Sep-22	3009\|3369							3,219	3,239	3,243	3,246	3,247	3,134
11-Sep-22	2894\|3180							3,265	3,291	3,296	3,299	3,301	3,036
18-Sep-22	2740\|3293							3,228	3,264	3,266	3,266	3,266	3,018
25-Sep-22	2750\|3173							3,212	3,255	3,259	3,262	3,263	2,958
02-Oct-22	2727\|3085								2,988	2,991	2,991	2,992	2,875
09-Oct-22	2754\|2990								3,044	3,050	3,055	3,055	2,884
16-Oct-22	2745\|2932								3,030	3,039	3,043	3,046	2,807
23-Oct-22	2701\|2966								3,103	3,109	3,118	3,120	2,782
30-Oct-22	2598\|2896								2,875	2,882	2,887	2,887	2,713
06-Nov-22	2647\|2911								2,908	2,922	2,925	2,928	2,725
13-Nov-22	2509\|2761								3,000	3,018	3,024	3,025	2,632
20-Nov-22	2530\|2926								2,977	3,000	3,009	3,013	2,670
27-Nov-22	2542\|2859								3,023	3,049	3,065	3,069	2,660
04-Dec-22	2533\|2830									2,977	2,991	2,997	2,635
11-Dec-22	2540\|2789									3,147	3,165	3,169	2,624
18-Dec-22	2599\|2852									3,064	3,088	3,094	2,666
25-Dec-22	2539\|2924									3,064	3,088	3,096	2,639
01-Jan-23	2376\|2769									2,904	2,940	2,949	2,542
08-Jan-23	2457\|2629										3,033	3,045	2,540
15-Jan-23	2438\|2605										2,867	2,875	2,530
22-Jan-23	2430\|2722										2,881	2,894	2,551
29-Jan-23	2492\|2570										2,753	2,776	2,531
05-Feb-23	2421\|2705											2,912	2,549
12-Feb-23	2369\|2581											2,746	2,512
19-Feb-23	2457\|2598											2,801	2,527
26-Feb-23	2490\|2688											2,782	2,606

Doctor certified deaths by week of occurrence, by publication release cycle, 28 February 2022 - 26 February 2023

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